Late Quaternary planktonic foraminiferal biostratrigraphy, Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea

Late Quaternary climatic variations on the Latium and Campanian Margin of the Tyrrhenian Sea

“…; this is in agreement with the dating of the reappearance of O. universa after Termination IA, dated around 13 kyr B.P. (Muerdter and Kennett, 1984), and with the data given by the oxygen stable isotope record. The cold interval recognized in the faunal records from both cores , corresponding to the one dated by Capotondi et al (1989) around 10 kyr B.P., well correlates with the cold event recognized in the isotopic records as the Younger Dryas Event.…”

“…Comparing the faunal and the isotopic records of the cores ( fig. 10), it is possible to see that the principal break in the faunal assemblage, recognized at the onset of increasing of G. inflata seems to be younger than the one recognized in the Strait of Sicily (14 kyr B.P., Vergnaud-Grazzini et al, 1988; 15 kyr B.P., Muerdter and Kennett, 1984).…”

Site 650: Marsili Basin

“…For example, the disappearance of Globorotalia inflata dur ing isotope Stage 2 was well documented in Levantine cores (Murat and Glacon, 1985) and in the Ionian Sea (Muerdter and Kennett, 1983). Even in lithological intervals that can be as cribed to distal turbidites, this method, based on the presence or absence of selected species and not on their relative abundance, can be used.…”

Sedimentation in the Marsili Basin during Quaternary (ODP Site 650, Tyrrhenian Sea)

“…G. inflata occurs sporadically within the Holocene. In isotope Stage 2 G. inflata and G. truncatulinoides excelsa are almost absent (Muerdter and Kennett, 1983). Below Stage 2 dextral G. truncatulinoides excelsa occur perhaps in Stage 5.…”

“…The fractions be tween 500 and 125 /*m consist completely of planktonic fora minifers. The assemblage reflects that of Stage 2 with dominant Globigerina bulloides, but Globorotalia inflata is present as usual in Stage 3 (Muerdter and Kennett, 1983).…”