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doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.308.202.2007

Data report: planktonic and benthic foraminifers from IODP Hole U1322B¹

Qianyu Li,^2, 3 Rong Xiang,⁴ and Fan Zheng⁴

Abstract

Analyses of planktonic and benthic foraminifers in 141 samples from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Hole U1322B reveal some distinct distribution patterns relating to climate and sea level changes in the northern Gulf of Mexico region. The sediment section is divided into planktonic foraminifer Zone Z, which features Globorotalia menardii, and Subzones Y1–Y5, which do not. Several benthic foraminifer assemblages show repeated occurrences, indicating waxing and waning of favorable environments for dominant species in marine isotope Stages 1–4.

¹Li, Q., Xiang, R., and Zheng, F., 2007. Data report: planktonic and benthic foraminifers from IODP Hole U1322B. In Flemings, P.B., Behrmann, J.H., John, C.M., and the Expedition 308 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 308: College Station, TX (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.). doi:10.2204/​iodp.proc.308.202.2007

State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China. qli01@mail.tongji.edu.cn

³Also at: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia.

⁴South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, People’s Republic of China.

Initial receipt: 23 May 2007
Acceptance: 2 August 2007
Publication: 17 December 2007
MS 308-202

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