Stratigraphy, structure, absolute age, and paleontology of the upper Pleistocene deposits at Sankaty Head, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

Oldale, Robert N.; Valentine, Page C.; Cronin, T. M.; Spiker, Elliott C.; Blackwelder, Blake W.; Belknap, Daniel F.; Wehmiller, John F.; Szabo, B. J.

doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1982)10<246:ssaaap>2.0.co;2

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“…Deposits in Nova Scotia have mollusks (Clarke et al, 1972) with amino acid ratios similar to those from coralbearing deposits with a Last-Interglacial age on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, based on U-series dating (Oldale et al, 1982;Wehmiller et al, 1988). The Last-Interglacial deposits on Nova Scotia have a ''neutral'' fauna, without extralimital southern or northern species (Clarke et al, 1972).…”

Section: Paleozoogeography Of North American Coastal Sites Of Last-inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The same is true for the Last-Interglacial mollusks on Nantucket Island. However, the zoogeographic ranges of ostracodes in the marine deposits on Nantucket Island show a transition from warmer-than-modern conditions at the peak of the Last Interglacial period to coolerthan-modern conditions at the end of this period (Oldale et al, 1982).…”

Section: Paleozoogeography Of North American Coastal Sites Of Last-inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…e (1974), Schubert and Szabo (1978); Grand Cayman Island: Cerridwen andJones (1991), V! ezina et al (1999); Jamaica: Szabo (1979), Donovan and Littlewood (1993); San Salvador Island: Hagey and Mylroie (1995) and Chen et al (1991); Florida: Stanley (1966), Hoffmeister et al (1967), Hoffmeister and Multer (1968), Evans (1983), andFruijtier et al (2000); Nantucket Island: Oldale et al (1982); Nova Scotia: Clarke et al (1972) and Wehmiller et al (1988);Baffin Island andCoburg Island, Canada: Miller et al (1977, 1992), Miller (1985), Mode (1985), Nelson (1981), and Brigham (1983) Kennedy et al, 1982) in that they lack any extralimital species. On San Salvador Island in the Bahamas, the Cockburn Town reef has been well dated to the Last Interglacial period (Chen et al, 1991).…”

Section: Paleozoogeography Of North American Coastal Sites Of Last-inmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America

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Simmons

Steinke

2002

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The timing and duration of the Last Interglacial period have been controversial, with some studies suggesting a relatively short duration that is orbitally forced and others suggesting a long duration that is at most only partly related to orbital forcing. New, high-precison thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) U-series ages of Last Interglacial corals from Hawaii and Bermuda test these competing hypotheses. Waimanalo Formation corals from slowly uplifting Oahu, Hawaii range in age from B134 to B113 ka, with most ages between B125 and B115 ka. Combined with published U-series ages from nearby Lanai, the data suggest a long Last Interglacial period that may have occurred from B136 to at least 115 ka. The results indicate that orbital forcing may not have been the only control on ice sheet growth and decay, because sea level would have been high at times of relatively low Northern Hemisphere summer insolation. On tectonically stable Bermuda, deposits from the B200 ka (penultimate interglacial period), B120 ka (peak Last Interglacial period) and B80 ka (late Last Interglacial period) high sea stands have been newly dated. Fossil corals on Bermuda are derived from patch reefs that likely were ''catch-up'' responses to sea level rise. It is expected that U-series ages of Last-Interglacial corals on Bermuda should overlap with, but not be as old as the range of corals on Oahu. Last-Interglacial corals on Bermuda give a range of B125-113 ka, which supports this hypothesis.A large number of emergent marine deposits on Hawaii, Bermuda and along coastal North America have now been dated to the Last Interglacial period. Both Oahu and Bermuda have marine invertebrate faunas with a number of extralimital southern species of mollusks, suggesting warmer-than-present waters during the Last Interglacial period. Warmer waters are also suggested for LastInterglacial localities around most of North America, from Florida to Canada and Greenland and Baja California to Alaska. These observations are consistent with similar warm-water faunas of Last-Interglacial age reported from Japan, the Mediterranean basin and Western Australia. It is likely that significant changes in ocean currents took place during the Last Interglacial period, with a movement of relatively warm waters to higher latitudes than is the case today. r

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Section: Paleozoogeography Of North American Coastal Sites Of Last-inmentioning

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Section: Paleozoogeography Of North American Coastal Sites Of Last-inmentioning

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Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America

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“…L'inlandsis aurait par exemple déposé un till sur le plateau continental au large de la Nouvelle-Ecosse (GRANT et KING, 1984). Il aurait atteint la même position qu'au Wisconsinien supérieur le long de moraines du sud de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (DONNER, 1964;KAYE, 1964;OLDALE et a/., 1982). Pendant le Stade de M'Clure dans le nord-ouest, les glaces auraient également atteint leur position extrême (VINCENT, 1984; sous presse).…”

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Dynamique de l’Inlandsis laurentidien du Sangamonien à l’Holocène

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2008

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“…Hydroides dianthus, the most abundant species on fouling plates in this study, has been considered native to the US east coast (Bosc 1801;Verrill 1873), in part based on a long fossil record of a serpulid species in a region where H. dianthus was the only serpulid present (Wilson 1905;Cushman 1906;Richards 1933;Oldale et al 1982). However, recent molecular studies suggest a possible Mediterranean origin (Sun et al 2016a.…”

Section: Cryptogenic Speciesmentioning

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The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview

Bastida-Zavala

McCann

Keppel

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Serpulids are an important component of fouling communities. This paper provides an overview of the serpulid species found in North America, as part of a broader study of fouling invertebrates focused on NIS (non-indigenous species) in United States coastal ecosystems. Almost 4400 serpulid specimens were examined from selected fouling plates. Fouling plates were deployed in 26 bays and coastal lagoons along the continental coasts of the United States and Hawaiian islands, primarily in bays and lagoons with salinities averaging 20‰ or greater. Twenty-five serpulid species were identified, including four new records for the United States (Ficopomatus uschakovi, Hydroides cf. brachyacantha, H. longispinosa and Protula longiseta), three known NIS, two presumed NIS, three cryptogenic serpulids, and several range extensions. Crucigera websteri extends its northward range from Santa Barbara Island to Humboldt Bay, California; Ficopomatus enigmaticus, first recorded in North America from San Francisco, California in 1920, Rockport, Texas in 1952 and Barnegat Bay, New Jersey in 1980, is now recorded at additional localities on the east coast (Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Charleston, South Carolina and Indian River, Florida) and the northern Gulf of Mexico (Galveston Bay, Texas); F. miamiensis extends its westward range from Louisiana to Texas; F. uschakovi, an Indo-Pacific and Western African species, was recorded formally for the first time from the northern Gulf of Mexico (Galveston Bay and Corpus Christi, Texas) and the east coast of Florida (Jacksonville). Hydroides cf. brachyacantha extends its northward range from Curaҫao to Pensacola Bay, Florida; H. dirampha from Veracruz, Mexico to Corpus Christi, Texas; H. floridana extends its westward range from Louisiana to Texas; H. gracilis extends its northward range from Pacific Grove to San Francisco, California; Salmacina huxleyi from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Rhode Island; and Spirobranchus minutus from Veracruz, Mexico to Pensacola Bay, Florida. The following additional species range extensions are provisional in that they represent only one record or were not found in the most recent surveys (e.g., Hydroides elegans - east coast): H. longispinosa from Marshall Islands to Oahu, Hawaii; Protula balboensis from Florida to Texas; P. longiseta from the Mexican Caribbean to the Indian River, Florida; H. elegans from San Francisco to Humboldt Bay, northern California and on the east coast from the Indian River, Florida, to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Among surveyed bays, Biscayne Bay, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas (northern Gulf of Mexico) had the greatest number of species (14 and 8, respectively); in contrast, almost all sites in Alaska, Washington, Oregon (northwest Pacific), Rhode Island, Virginia and South Carolina (Atlantic) had only one or two species each. Hydroides dianthus was, by far, the most abundant serpulid species on fouling plates in the northern Gulf of Mexico and the east coast, while Pseudochitinopoma occidentalis was the most abundant serpulid detected on the west coast. For each species recorded herein, we include the synonyms and some key references, a material studied section, a diagnosis, and updated distributional information. A checklist and identification key to the known shallow-water serpulids sensu stricto of the United States are included.

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Stratigraphy, structure, absolute age, and paleontology of the upper Pleistocene deposits at Sankaty Head, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

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Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America

Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America

Dynamique de l’Inlandsis laurentidien du Sangamonien à l’Holocène

The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview

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