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doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.320321.202.2012

Data report: early to middle Eocene radiolarian biostratigraphy, IODP Expedition 320 Site U1331, eastern equatorial Pacific1

Shin-ichi Kamikuri,2 Theodore C. Moore,3 Kaoru Ogane,4 Noritoshi Suzuki,5 Heiko Pälike,6 and Hiroshi Nishi7

Abstract

Quantitative analysis of radiolarian assemblages was used to establish the radiolarian biostratigraphy from Zone RP8 (lower Eocene) to RP16 (middle Eocene) in pelagic sequences recovered at Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 320 Site U1331 in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.

1 Kamikuri, S., Moore, T.C., Ogane, K., Suzuki, N., Pälike, H., and Nishi, H., 2012. Data report: early to middle Eocene radiolarian biostratigraphy, IODP Expedition 320 Site U1331, eastern equatorial Pacific. In Pälike, H., Lyle, M., Nishi, H., Raffi, I., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 320/321: Tokyo (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.). doi:10.2204/​iodp.proc.320321.202.2012

2 Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8502, Japan. jm-kamikuri@kochi-u.ac.jp

3 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1005, USA.

4 Tsukuba Botanical Garden, National Museum of Nature and Science, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan.

5 Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan.

6 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton S014 3ZH, United Kingdom.

7 Tohoku University Museum, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.

Initial receipt: 18 August 2011
Acceptance: 10 February 2012
Publication: 16 April 2012
MS 320321-202