scholarly journals Detection of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic sequence boundaries on the Atlantic coastal plain using core log integration of magnetic susceptibility and natural gamma ray measurements at Ancora, New Jersey

2002 ◽  
Vol 107 (B10) ◽  
pp. EPM 3-1-EPM 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Lanci ◽  
D. V. Kent ◽  
K. G. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Atlantic Coastal Plain ◽  
Natural Gamma ◽  
Sequence Boundaries ◽  
Atlantic Coastal

scholarly journals Pass-through core measurements of magnetic susceptibility and natural gamma ray, New Jersey Coastal Plain

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Metzger ◽  
S.C. Remer ◽  
K.G. Miller ◽  
D.V. Kent ◽  
M.C. Van Fossen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Natural Gamma ◽  
Pass Through

Escalation in Late Cretaceous-early Paleocene oysters (Gryphaeidae) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain

Paleobiology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory P. Dietl ◽  
Richard R. Alexander ◽  
Walter F. Bien
Keyword(s):  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Selective Advantage ◽  
Atlantic Coastal Plain ◽  
Independent Evidence ◽  
Evolutionary Response ◽  
Frequency Independent ◽  
Early Paleocene ◽  
Surface Ornamentation ◽  
Atlantic Coastal

More than 1600 valves of Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain gryphaeid oysters (Exogyrinae and Pycnodonteinae) were examined for breakage-induced shell repair and morphologic variability to evaluate the hypothesis of escalation. The Exogyrinae show disproportionately higher average repair frequency (0.41) relative to the ecologically and functionally similar unornamented pycnodonts (0.19). An increase in repair frequency (independent evidence of the action of a selective agent, e.g., predation) through the stratigraphic interval supports escalation. Variation in repair frequencies may reflect differences in oyster morphology and in the strength and diversity of shell crushers across an onshore-offshore gradient. Escalation of antipredatory adaptation characterized the evolutionary response of gryphaeid oysters to their durophagous predators. Adaptation generally occurred by the enhancement of existing traits in both oyster lineages. Characters that confer a selective advantage against predators are not all expressed or improved concurrently in both oyster lineages. Morphologic adaptations to minimize shell breakage include the development of expansive, broad commissural shelves, thickened valves, and surface ornamentation (Exogyrinae). Surface ornament in the Exogyrinae gradually increased with time. For some characters, such as thickness, conflicting functional demands (e.g., valve stabilization) may have limited adaptation to predators.

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