Palaeocene Sedimentation and Stratigraphy in Norfolk, England

Cox, Frank C.; Hailwood, E. A.; Harland, Rex; Hughes, M. J.; Johnston, Nicholas S.; Knox, R. W. O’B.

doi:10.1127/nos/14/1985/169

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“…At Hole 549 a rhyolitic ash layer occurs at 352.66 m in the upper part of Chron C25n and basal Zone NP9 (Knox 1985). This ash does not occur at the corresponding level in Hole 550 at the base of NP9.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…These, in turn, have been correlated with the shallow water deposits of England (e.g. Cox et al 1985).…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Phase I tuffs occur in stratigraphic units C 1 and C2 and the lower part of Unit C3 (Lista Clay Formation) in Norfolk (Cox et al 1985), correlated in turn with the upper part of Chron C26n. Calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphy (Siesser 1987) of outcrops in SE England enabled Knox & Morton (1988) to suggest extension of Unit C3 into Zone NP8, indicating that the Forties Sand (= Unit D) is no older than Zone NP8.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The record of at least two phases of early Paleogene explosive volcanism in the NE Atlantic is found in the form of volcanoclastic deposits intercalated in marginal marine sediments of NW Europe (Knox & Morton 1983. Distal, attenuated representatives of the younger (Phase 2) ash series have been recorded over 1000 km to the southeast in deep sea sediments of the Goban Spur (Hole 550) and Bay of Biscay (Hole 403) (Knox 1985) in the NE Atlantic. The source of the NW European and eastern Atlantic pyroclastic deposits is thought to have been the so-called Hebridean-Thulean volcanic province of Scotland, the Faeroes and East Greenland (Morton & Parsons 1988, table 7).…”

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A late Paleocene-early Eocene NW European and North Sea magnetobiochronological correlation network

Berggren

Aubry

1996

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Published and unpublished data on bio-, chemo-and magnetostratigraphic events spanning the late Paleocene-early Eocene are reviewed and calibrated to a revised Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS), itself already in need of revision. This timescale serves as a template for placing the upper Paleocene-lower Eocene stratigraphic succession of NW Europe (Anglo-Paris-Belgian Basins) in a sequence stratigraphic framework. It is clear that an approach that integrates sequence-and magnetobioisotope stratigraphy provides a unifying correlation framework within which to delineate the disjunct depositional histories of marginal and deep marine basinal stratigraphies and allows the stratigrapher to move from rock to time. Significant conclusions of this integration include the following:1. The major climatic warming, weakening of atmospheric circulation and faunal extinction events, which are seen in the deep sea stratigraphic record, are seen to be closely associated with the mid-part of the (redefined) planktonic foraminiferal Zone P5 and calcareous nannoplankton Zone NP9.2. A relatively rapid (c. 1000 years) decrease of c. 3 to 4 per mil in the ~13C of marine carbonates has now been recognized in high southern and northern latitude sites and at several scattered, intermediate locations. A similar excursion has been observed in mammalian teeth and soil carbonates near the base of the Wasatchian North American Land Mammal Age in the Big Horn Basin a few metres above the Argile plastique bariolre ('type' Sparnacian) in the Pads Basin. This 813C excursion is seen to be a truly global event which occurs in both marine (c. mid-Zone NP9) and terrestrial stratigraphies at a level estimated at c. 55.5 Ma.3. An evaluation of the calcareous plankton biostratigraphy and stable isotope records at several deep sea sites suggests the presence of multiple unconformities in the Paleocene/Eocene boundary interval. There would appear to be no unequivocally demonstrated continuous stratigraphic section through the c. 2.55 million year interval of Chron C24r in the deep sea record or from outcrops on land, and a composite record is required to construct the sequence of events that occurred during this interval. The Paleocene/Eocene boundary (which awaits the determination of a Global Stratigraphic Section and Point [GSSP]) is bracketed by the base of the leper Clay Formation (= YpresianStage), estimated here at > 54.6 Ma, and the P5/P6a zonal boundary (LAD Morozovella velascoensis) at c. 54.7 Ma (above), and by the ~13C spike (and associated events) in mid-Zone NP9 at c. 55.5 Ma (below). The 'boundary interval' encompasses the NP9/10 zonal boundary at 55 Ma and the base of the Harwich Formation (base of the London Clay Formation Oldhaven Beds of previous authors) at c. 54.8 Ma.5. Calcareous nannoplankton studies of recently recollected Thanetian localities in the eastern part of the Paris Basin have revealed that the Thanetian Sables de Ch~lons-sur-Vesles are older (Zones NP6 and NP7) than the Sables de Bracheux s.l. (= Sables du Tillet; Z...

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Section: Review Of Data From Dsdp-odp Sitesmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…These, in turn, have been correlated with the shallow water deposits of England (e.g. Cox et al 1985).…”

Section: Nw Eu Ropementioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Nw Eu Ropementioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Nw Eu Ropementioning

confidence: 99%

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A late Paleocene-early Eocene NW European and North Sea magnetobiochronological correlation network

Berggren

Aubry

1996

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“…An account of the Palaeocene stratigraphy is given in Cox et al (1985), and some preliminary results from the Pleistocene sequence were given by Cox (1985). Table 1 summarizes the succession.…”

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The Lower Pleistocene stratigraphy of the Ormesby Borehole, Norfolk, England

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The sedimentology, micropalaepntology and palynology of Lower Pleistocene sediments recovered from a borehole at Ormesby St Margaret, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, have been investigated. The sediments, consisting of a lower clay facies overlain by an upper predominantly sandy facies, were deposited in inner neritic environments. Micropalaeontological and palynological evidence allows comparisons with the nearby Ludham sequence but an unequivocal correlation cannot be made. The Ormesby Borehole sequence includes representatives of the Pre-Ludhamian to Early Pastonian stage interval and the presence of a late Pre-Ludhamian to late Baventian/Pre-Pastonian a hiatus. Foraminiferal faunas matched to grain size analysis are indicative of transportation and considerable post-mortem sorting.:

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A modified dinoflagellate cyst biozonation for latest Palaeocene and earliest Eocene sediments from the central North Sea

Powell

1988

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

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Palaeocene Sedimentation and Stratigraphy in Norfolk, England

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A late Paleocene-early Eocene NW European and North Sea magnetobiochronological correlation network

A late Paleocene-early Eocene NW European and North Sea magnetobiochronological correlation network

The Lower Pleistocene stratigraphy of the Ormesby Borehole, Norfolk, England

A modified dinoflagellate cyst biozonation for latest Palaeocene and earliest Eocene sediments from the central North Sea

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