The Range of Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny) from the Middle to Late Miocene in Trinidad and Jamaica

Liska, Robert D.

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“…Our examination of the stratigraphic succession of the Buff Bay section supports the suggestion of Liska (1985) of an intra-Buff Formation unconformity in the interval between samples ER 146-38 and ER 146-39 (Fig. 2).…”

Section: Intra-buff Bay Formation Unconformitysupporting

confidence: 86%

“…For example, the roadcut exposed near Buff Bay that forms the basis of this study was used by Blow (1969Blow ( , 1979 in the development of his mid-late Neogene zonal scheme (see discussion below) as well as for the description of several new taxa (Table 1). These samples were also examined by Bolli (1970) and Liska (1985; Table 2). I would draw attention to the fact that the wide sample spacing, common downslope transport and reworking, and absence of independent stratigraphic control (calcareous nannoplankton, magnetostratigraphy, e.g.)…”

Section: Caribbean Planktonic Foraminiferal Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Blow (1969) used several of these samples as "holotype" or "paratype" localities for some of his late Neogene planktonic foraminiferal zones (Table 4). Bolli (1970) and, more recently, Liska (1985) have also examined and commented on the (bio)stratigraphic affinities of these samples (Table 2). At this point it should be pointed out that the outcrops formerly exposed along the road east of Buff Bay have been slightly modified by a new roadcut along the coast made in the 1970s, which has resulted in a slight rearrangement of the geometry of the former exposures.…”

Section: Some Problems In Neogene Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…16;Liska, 1985, p. 374). Like Liska (1985), we would assign this level (i.e., ER 146-39) to Zone N17 (and NN10; Aubry, this volume).…”

Section: Intra-buff Bay Formation Unconformitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Neogene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of eastern Jamaica

Berggren

1993

Biostratigraphy of Jamaica

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The Neogene deep water carbonate section exposed at Buff Bay, north coast of Jamaica, is about 300 m thick and spans the interval from early middle Miocene to mid-Pliocene (ca. 16 to 3 Ma). It has come to serve as a standard reference section for upper Neogene biostratigraphy because several of the N-zones of Blow (1969) are typified here. A diverse tropical planktonic foraminiferal fauna characterizes this section and enables a detailed biostratigraphic subdivision. One obvious hiatus in the upper part of the Bowden Formation spans about 4 m.y. of late Miocene-early Pliocene time; a shorter more subtle, ca. 1-m.y. intra-late Miocene hiatus is thought to exist separating beds of Zone N17 from Zone N16/15. Faunal analysis reveals general agreement with mid-late Neogene biostratigraphy of Bolli, Blow, and Robinson. A distinct stratigraphic separation between the last occurrence of Paragloborotalia mayeri and the first occurrence of Neogloboquadrina acostaensis suggests that "restoration" of Zone N15 to the planktonic foraminiferal hagiography may be required and that its apparent absence at North Atlantic Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Sites 558 and 563 may be due to a widespread early late Miocene hiatus. A new type level in the Buff Bay Formation is chosen for the Globorotalia menardii Zone (Bolli, 1966) = Globorotalia (Turborotalia) continuosa Consecutive Range-Zone (Blow, 1969) because the type sample in Trinidad for these zones (which is the same for both zones) has been found to be correlative with a level within the Glborotalia (Turborotalia) acostaensis-G. (T.) merotumida (N16) Zone of Blow (1969).Analysis of type level samples used to denote some classic late Neogene zones has shown that the type level of Blow's (1969) Zone N17 is in calcareous nannoplankton Zone NN10 (rather than NN11 as previously thought), the type level of Zone N18 is biostratigraphically equivalent to Zone PL 2 (-3.7 Ma, lower Pliocene; i.e., within Zone N19), and the type level of Zone N19 is equivalent to Zone PL3-PL4 (ca. 3+ Ma). Use of Blow's Pliocene N18 to N21 zones is discouraged.The taxonomy and stratigraphy of over 40 taxa are discussed and most are illustrated by scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs.

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Section: Intra-buff Bay Formation Unconformitysupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Caribbean Planktonic Foraminiferal Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Some Problems In Neogene Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…16;Liska, 1985, p. 374). Like Liska (1985), we would assign this level (i.e., ER 146-39) to Zone N17 (and NN10; Aubry, this volume).…”

Section: Intra-buff Bay Formation Unconformitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Neogene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of eastern Jamaica

Berggren

1993

Biostratigraphy of Jamaica

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“…The sections exposed near Buff Bay were used as type localities for many of Blow's (1969Blow's ( , 1979 planktonic foraminiferal zones (Berggren, this volume). Bolli (1970) studied ER samples and identified the index planktonic foraminiferal species from the upper Montpelier and Buff Bay Formations (Liska, 1985). Although these studies are critical to global biostratigraphy, the previous sample coverage of the sections exposed near Buff Bay was broad (e.g., the ER21 to ER44 samples were taken at an average of ~1.2 m [4 ft] apart, representing three samples/ planktonic foraminiferal zone).…”

Section: Caribbean Foraminiferal Studiesmentioning

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Miocene-Pliocene bathyal benthic foraminifera and the uplift of Buff Bay, Jamaica

Katz

Miller²

1993

Biostratigraphy of Jamaica

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We sampled lowermost middle Miocene to Pliocene sections exposed in roadcuts east of Buff Bay, Jamaica, for quantitative benthic foraminiferal studies. Our analyses document paleobathymetric changes and sediment sources. The Spring Garden Member of the Montpelier Formation and the Buff Bay Formation (middle to upper Miocene) were deposited at lower bathyal paleodepths (1,000 to 2,000 m) that probably exceeded 1,300 m, while the overlying Bowden Formation (Pliocene) was deposited within the upper bathal zone (200 to 500 m). A significant portion of the benthic foraminifera found in Buff Bay sections consists of transported shallow-water reefal elements (.Amphistegina spp./Asterigerina spp.) occurring in otherwise in situ deep-water bathyal biofacies. The lower part of the Spring Garden Member (middle Miocene) contains a typical cosmopolitan lower bathyal biofacies dominated by Globocassidulina subglobosa, Cibicidoides mundulus, Stilostomella aculeata, and Oridorsalis spp. A biofacies change that occurs within the Spring Garden Member may reflect the well-documented global benthic foraminiferal taxonomic turnover that occurred throughout the deep sea from early to middle Miocene Biochrons N8 to Nil. The upper Spring Garden Member and portions of the Buff Bay Formation (middle Miocene) faunas are characterized by the apparently endemic species Compressigerina coartata and Siphouvigerina porrecta; we interpret this as an in situ lower bathyal biofacies. Much of the Buff Bay Formation (middle-upper Miocene) is dominated by Reusella spinulosa var. pulchra, Uvigerina proboscidea, Rosalina sp. 1, and Siphouvigerina porrecta', although this assemblage may be an in situ lower bathyal biofacies, there is evidence to suggest that it may be a transported thanatofacies. The Bowden Formation (Pliocene) is characterized by an upper bathyal (200 to 600 m) biofacies dominated by Butimina aculeata, Globobulimima spp., Planulina foveolata (lower depth limit is 500 m), and Uvigerina sp. 1. The change in benthic foraminiferal biofacies between the Buff Bay and Bowden Formations reflects the tectonic uplift of the north coast of Jamaica. We estimate that at least 800 m of shallowing occurred between the late Miocene (ca. 8 Ma) and Pliocene (ca. 4 to 3 Ma) during the hiatus that separated deposition of the Buff Bay and Bowden Formations. A subsequent shallowing occurred from the Pliocene (bathyal paleodepths >200 m) to the Pleistocene (neritic depths <60 m; Robinson, 1969).

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