High Resolution Biostratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Early Pliocene Succession of Pissouri Basin (Cyprus Island)

Abstract

The Pissouri basin (Cyprus Island)

Eastern Mediterranean foraminiferal palaeoecological response to Mid-Late Pliocene climatic regime: A preliminary note.

“…Each package typically has a sharp-based fine-grained, frequently laminated sandstone/siltstone bed fining upwards into claystone. It constitutes the stratigraphic continuation of the early Pliocene Pissouri South section studied by Triantaphyllou et al (2008Triantaphyllou et al ( , 2010. …”

“…From the biostratigraphic point of view the studied interval lies above the Pissouri section of Triantaphyllou et al (2008Triantaphyllou et al ( , 2010. The quantitative analysis of planktonic foraminiferal assemblages of the studied section revealed that up to 14.4 m Sphaeroidinellopsis s.l.…”

Zanclean/Piacenzian transition on Cyprus (SE Mediterranean): calcareous nannofossil evidence of sapropel formation

“…2 0 0 2 ; Kouwenhoven et al 2006;Morigi et al 2007;Bison et al 2009). A preliminary description of the Zanclean/ Piacenzian sequence in Pissouri Basin (Pissouri South section) has been provided by Triantaphyllou et al (2010), revealing rhythmic sapropelic formation during this interval. There is however, a lack of detailed information regarding the Zanclean/Piacenzian transition in this part of the Mediterranean, particularly with regard to a well-established record of paleoceanographicpaleoclimatic changes.…”

“…Triantaphyllou et al (2010) are used for strengthening the biostratigraphic assignment of Pissouri South section (Fig. 6): (a) Globorotalia margaritae HO (3.81 Ma; Lourens et al 2004), (b) Globorotalia crassaformis LO (lowest occurrence) marking the Zanclean/Piacenzian boundary (3.60 Ma, Lourens et al 2004), (c) Globorotalia puncticulata temporary disappearance (3.57 Ma; Lourens et al 2004), (d) G. crassaformis reappearance (3.35 Ma; Lourens et al 2004), (e) G. puncticulata reappearance (3.31 Ma; Lourens et al 2004).…”

Biostratigraphy and paleoceanography of warm and high atmospheric CO2 events of the cenozoic at the island of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean)

“…The Pissouri South section (PSS), initially described in Triantaphyllou et al (2010), is discussed in Chapter 5, revealing rhythmic sapropelic formation. Calcareous nannofossils and geochemical (organic carbon content, OC) analyses, in the sediments of PSS were performed, resulting to a detailed biostratigraphical framework indicating MNN14-15 and MNN16 calcareous nannofossil biozones, astronomicaly tuned to the sapropelic cycles, based on which PSS is dated between 4.065 Ma and 3.246 Ma. The cyclic nature of the exposed lithological alternations was also investigated reflecting the orbital precession.…”