Late cretaceous pelagic sediments, volcanic ASH and biotas from near the Louisville hotspot, Pacific Plate, paleolatitude ∼42°S

Peter F. Ballance; John A. Barron; Charles D. Blome; David Bukry; Peter A. Cawood; George C.H. Chaproniere; Robyn Frisch; Richard H. Herzer; Campbell S. Nelson; Paula Quinterno; Holly F. Ryan; David W. Scholl; Andrew J. Stevenson; David G. Tappin; Tracy L. Vallier

doi:10.1016/0031-0182(89)90056-4

Late cretaceous pelagic sediments, volcanic ASH and biotas from near the Louisville hotspot, Pacific Plate, paleolatitude ∼42°S

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

By: Peter F. Ballance, John A. Barron, Charles D. Blome, David Bukry, Peter A. Cawood, George C.H. Chaproniere, Robyn Frisch, Richard H. Herzer, Campbell S. Nelson, Paula Quinterno, Holly F. Ryan, David W. Scholl, Andrew J. Stevenson, David G. Tappin, and Tracy L. Vallier

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Abstract

Dredging on the deep inner slope of the Tonga Trench, immediately north of the intersection between the Louisville Ridge hotspot chain and the trench, recovered some Late Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) slightly tuffaceous pelagic sediments. They are inferred to have been scraped off a recently subducted Late Cretaceous guyot of the Louisville chain. In the vicinity of the Louisville hotspot (present location 50°26′S, 139°09′W; Late Cretaceous location ∼42°S, longitude unknown) Late Cretaceous rich diatom, radiolarian, silicoflagellate, foraminiferal and coccolith biotas, accumulated on the flanks of the guyot and are described in this paper. Rich sponge faunas are not described. ?Inoceramus prisms are present. Volcanic ash is of within-plate alkalic character. Isotope ratios in bulk carbonate δ¹⁸O − 2.63 to + 0.85, δ¹³C + 2.98 to 3.83) are normal for Pacific Maestrichtian sediments. The local CCD may have been shallower than the regional CCD, because of high organic productivity. In some samples Late Cretaceous materials have been mixed with Neogene materials. Mixing may have taken place on the flanks of the guyot during transit across the western Pacific, or on the trench slope during or after subduction and offscraping about 0.5 Ma.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	Late cretaceous pelagic sediments, volcanic ASH and biotas from near the Louisville hotspot, Pacific Plate, paleolatitude ∼42°S
Series title	Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
DOI	10.1016/0031-0182(89)90056-4
Volume	71
Issue	3-4
Year Published	1989
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Description	19 p.
First page	281
Last page	299
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