scholarly journals Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the SCDNR test hole C-15, Jasper County, South Carolina

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
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L.M. Bybell
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossil ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy ◽  
Test Hole

Earliest Miocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy from the low-latitude Pisco Basin (Peru)

Stratigraphy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-105
Author(s):  
Emilia R. Belia ◽  
Kevin E. Nick ◽  
Erika Bedoya Agudelo ◽  
David K. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Calcareous Nannofossil ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy

scholarly journals Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of Eocene oil shales from central Jordan

GeoArabia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Alqudah ◽  
Mohammad Ali Hussein ◽  
Olaf G. Podlaha ◽  
Sander van den Boorn ◽  
Sadat Kolonic ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Planktonic Foraminifera ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossil ◽  
Current Analysis ◽  
Accommodation Space ◽  
Central Jordan ◽  
Age Model ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy ◽  
Oil Shales

ABSTRACT Cretaceous and Paleogene marls, rich in total organic carbon, are widespread throughout Jordan and adjoining areas. Based on planktonic foraminifera these oil shales have been assigned a late Campanian–Paleocene age in previous studies. For the current analysis a total of 283 smear slides from five wells in central Jordan have been investigated for calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. Findings suggest a much more differentiated age model of the oil shales than previously proposed. The oil shales studied contain abundant calcareous nannofossil taxa of Eocene age along with varying abundances of Maastrichtian and Paleocene taxa. The encountered marker species Rhomboaster cuspis, Tribrachiatus bramlettei, Tribrachiatus orthostylus, Discoaster lodoensis, Coccolithus crassus, Discoaster sublodoensis, Nannotetrina quadrata, Reticulofenestra umbilicus and Chiasmolithus solitus, indicate an Early to Middle Eocene age, while the presence of Maastrichtian and Paleocene forms suggests major reworking. The presence of Cretaceous taxa reflects either subaerial erosive input from the hinterland or submarine reworking of Cretaceous strata within the basin. The highly variable amount of reworked material and associated deposition rates in the basin may represent changes in the tectonic setting during the Eocene. We propose that the high abundances of Cretaceous and Paleocene taxa reflect an increase in accommodation space by active graben flank movements. A dominance of Eocene taxa, on the other hand, indicates either periods of little accommodation space due to graben infill or inversion-type movements of the graben itself. In any case, the youngest Eocene and autochthonous taxa represent shallower or low topography graben phases.

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