Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian nannofossil biostratigraphy and high-resolution carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Danish Basin: Towards a standard δ13C curve for the Boreal Realm

Nicolas Thibault; Rikke Harlou; Niels Schovsbo; Poul Schiøler; Fabrice Minoletti; Bruno Galbrun; Bodil W. Lauridsen; Emma Sheldon; Lars Stemmerik; Finn Surlyk

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.001

Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian nannofossil biostratigraphy and high-resolution carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Danish Basin: Towards a standard δ¹³C curve for the Boreal Realm

Nicolas Thibault, Rikke Harlou, Niels Schovsbo, Poul Schiøler, Fabrice Minoletti, Bruno Galbrun, Bodil W. Lauridsen, Emma Sheldon, Lars Stemmerik, Finn Surlyk

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Abstract

High-resolution carbon isotope stratigraphy of the upper Campanian-Maastrichtian is recorded in the Boreal Realm from a total of 1968 bulk chalk samples of the Stevns-1 core, eastern Denmark. Isotopic trends are calibrated by calcareous nannofossil bio-events and are correlated with a lower-resolution δ¹³C profile from Rørdal, northwestern Denmark. A quantitative approach is used to test the reliability of Upper Cretaceous nannofossil bio-events and provides accurate biohorizons for the correlation of δ¹³C profiles. The Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary (CMB) is identified through the correlation of dinoflagellate biostratigraphy and δ¹³C stratigraphy between Stevns-1 and the Global boundary Standard Stratotype-section and Point at Tercis les Bains (SW France), allowing the identification of new chemical and biostratigraphic markers that provide a precise placement of the stage boundary on a regional scale. The boundary interval corresponds to the third phase of a stepwise 0.8‰ negative δ¹³C excursion, lies in calcareous nannofossil subzone UC16d^BP, and encompasses the last occurrence of nannofossil Tranolithus stemmerikii and first occurrence of nannofossil Prediscosphaera mgayae. Fifteen δ¹³C events are defined and correlated to sixteen reliable nannofossil biohorizons, thus providing a well-calibrated standard high-resolution δ¹³C curve for the Boreal Realm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	72-90
Number of pages	19
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.001
Publication status	Published - Feb 2012

Keywords

δ C stratigraphy
Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy
Campanian
Danish Basin
Dinoflagellate biostratigraphy
Maastrichtian

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Programme Area 3: Energy Resources

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Thibault, N., Harlou, R., Schovsbo, N., Schiøler, P., Minoletti, F., Galbrun, B., Lauridsen, B. W., Sheldon, E., Stemmerik, L., & Surlyk, F. (2012). Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian nannofossil biostratigraphy and high-resolution carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Danish Basin: Towards a standard δ¹³C curve for the Boreal Realm. Cretaceous Research, 33(1), 72-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.001

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Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian nannofossil biostratigraphy and high-resolution carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Danish Basin: Towards a standard δ¹³C curve for the Boreal Realm. / Thibault, Nicolas; Harlou, Rikke; Schovsbo, Niels et al.
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