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Bibliography - 1993 Radiolaria 14<br />

sites are assignable to the Quaternary Collosphaera tuberosa<br />

Interval Zone and Amphirhopalum ypsilon Interval Zone. The boundary<br />

between these zones cannot be determined precisely because of the<br />

rarity of zonal markers below surface sediments. Correlations have<br />

been made between <strong>radiolaria</strong>n occurrences and<br />

magnetostratigraphic events elsewhere in the Pacific Ocean, but<br />

similar correlations are difficult at Sites 842 and 843 because of<br />

poor subsurface preservation. Chert samples collected from<br />

intervals in Cores 842B-10 and 842C- 1W have yielded <strong>radiolaria</strong>n<br />

ages of lower Cenomanian to Santonian and lower Cenomanian,<br />

respectively. Radiolarian assemblages in volcanic sand layers in<br />

Sections 6 and 7 of Core 842A-1H (7.5-9.6 mbsf) contain lower<br />

and middle Eocene <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns admixed with abundant Quaternary<br />

faunas. Reworked Eocene <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns appear to be restricted to thin<br />

layers of volcanic sands within the cores, suggesting deposition by<br />

turbidity currents.<br />

Hull, D.M., Pessagno, E.A.J., Hopson, C.A.,<br />

Blome, C.D. & Muñoz, I.M. 1993.<br />

Chronostratigraphic assignment of volcanopelagic strata<br />

above the coast range ophiolite. In: Mesozoic<br />

Paleogeography of the Western United States-II. (Dunn, G. &<br />

McDougall, K., Eds.), vol. 71. Pacific Section, Society of<br />

economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, pp. 157-170.<br />

The chronostratigraphic assignments of <strong>radiolaria</strong>n cherts,<br />

tuffaceous mudstones and volcaniclastic strata (referred to herein<br />

as volcanopelagic succession) overlying the Coast Range ophiolite in<br />

the Coast Ranges of California have been refined on the basis of<br />

additional field data and recent revision of the Pessagno and others<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n biostratigraphic zonation for the Middle and Upper<br />

Jurassic of North America. Revision of this zonation scheme,<br />

accomplished through the integration of <strong>radiolaria</strong>n data with<br />

ammonite biostratigraphy and geochronometry, has enabled close<br />

correlation of <strong>radiolaria</strong>n assemblages in North America, Europe, and<br />

Japan. However, major differences still exist in the stage<br />

assignments of these assemblages among different zonations. The<br />

Pessagno and others scheme is utilized herein to discuss the current<br />

chronostratigraphic assignments at five localities in the Coast<br />

Ranges: Point Sal, Stanley Mountain, Cuesta Ridge, and Llanada in the<br />

southern Coast Ranges, and Black Mountain (Geyser Peak area) in<br />

the northern Coast Ranges of California. Stage assignments for<br />

volcanopelagic successions in these areas range from uppermost<br />

Callovian/lower Oxfordian to upper Tithonian.<br />

Iijima, H., Sekine, K. & Saito, Y. 1993. Jurassic<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>ns from the Clastic Rock Unit of the northern part<br />

of the Chichibu Belt in the Kanto Mountains, central Japan.<br />

Bull. nat. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. C, 19/3, 81-89.<br />

Imazato, A. & Otoh, S. 1993. Jurassic <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns from<br />

the Nyukawa area, northernmost part of the Mino Belt. N.<br />

Osaka Micropaleont. spec. Vol., 9, 131-141. (in Japanese)<br />

Ishiga, H. 1993. Carbonaceous mudstones of the lower<br />

Toarcian (Jurassic) and the Permian/Triassic boundary<br />

horizons in Japan. N. Osaka Micropaleont. spec. Vol., 9, 51-<br />

69.<br />

Jafri, S.H., Balaram, V. & Govil, P.K. 1993.<br />

Depositional environments of Cretaceous <strong>radiolaria</strong>n cherts<br />

from Andaman-Nicobar Islands, northeastern Indian Ocean.<br />

Marine Geol., 112/1-4, 291-301.<br />

Radiolarian cherts of Cretaceous age are tectonically<br />

associated with pillow basalts, ultramafic rocks and turbidites in the<br />

outer sedimentary arc of the Andaman-Nicobar Islands. These<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n cherts are composed of <strong>radiolaria</strong>n tests, quartz, albitic<br />

feldspar, basaltic rock fragments, montmorillonite and chlorite, and<br />

are classified into three different types: (I) massive tuffaceous<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n claystone, (II) bedded tuffaceous <strong>radiolaria</strong>n claystone,<br />

and (III) bedded <strong>radiolaria</strong>n argillaceous chert. Radiolarian cherts of<br />

Types I and II are similar in composition, characterised by the lower<br />

abundance of SiO2 , total REE (Σ REE) and are rich in Fe203 , MgO, TiO2 and Al203 and trace elements (e.g., Ni, Co, Cr, V, Rb, Sr, Cu and Zr)<br />

as compared to those of Type 111 <strong>radiolaria</strong>n chert. Based on<br />

elemental abundance as well as petrological evidence, it is<br />

suggested that both Types I and 1I cherts have been derived from a<br />

mixed continental and basaltic source. In comparison, Type III chert<br />

seems to have been derived from a continental source.<br />

Low values of Fe20 3 /AI20 3 , Σ REE and weakly positive to<br />

negative Ce anomalies in Types I and II cherts further suggest that<br />

they accumulated close to continental margins as compared to Type<br />

III chert, which is suggested to have accumulated in a relatively<br />

distal oceanic (hemipelagic) environment. It is inferred that these<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n chert sequences, which were originally deposited in<br />

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different oceanic environments, were scraped off the subducting<br />

Indian plate, became tectonically juxtaposed, and now constitute a<br />

part of the Andaman-Nicobar ophiolite complex.<br />

Kashima, N. 1993. Discovery of <strong>radiolaria</strong>n fossils from<br />

the Hokezu Block at the Northern area of Uwajima, Shikoku.<br />

N. Osaka Micropaleont. spec. Vol., 9 , 225-231. (in<br />

Japanese)<br />

Kashiwagi, K. & Yao, A. 1993. Jurassic to Early<br />

Cretaceous <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns from Yuasa area in western Kii<br />

Peninsula, southwest Japan and its significance. N. Osaka<br />

Micropaleont. spec. Vol., 9, 177-189. (in Japanese)<br />

Kawabata, K. & Ito, N. 1993. Early Jurassic <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns<br />

from northernmost part of the Ashio Terrane, Niigata<br />

Prefecture, central Japan. N. Osaka Micropaleont. spec. Vol.,<br />

9, 119-129. (in Japanese)<br />

Kimura, K. 1993. Occurrence of siliceous claystone and<br />

associated greenstones in the Mino-Tamba Belt. Bull. geol.<br />

Surv. Japan, 44/12, 727-743. (in Japanese)<br />

Kozlova, G.E. 1993. Radiolarian zonal scale of the boreal<br />

Paleogene. In: Radiolaria of giant and subgiant fields in Asia.<br />

Nazarov Memorial Volume. (Blueford, J.R. & Murchey, B.L.,<br />

Eds.), Micropaleontology, special Publication vol. 6.<br />

Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural<br />

History, New York. pp. 90-93.<br />

Boreal Paleogene <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns of middle Eurasia occur in many<br />

areas including West Siberia, the Urals, the North Caspian<br />

depression, Turgay. the Basin of the Volga River, the Don River and<br />

the Dnieper River. Thirteen Paleogene successive <strong>radiolaria</strong>n<br />

assemblages are recognized. each consisting of 7-80 species.<br />

These assemblages contain species characteristic of the boreal<br />

realm and those typical of tropical and subtropical basins including<br />

some <strong>radiolaria</strong>n index species of the Atlantic. At some stratigraphic<br />

levels, tropical species account for 20-85% of an assemblage. The<br />

age of the <strong>radiolaria</strong>n assemblages can be correlated using<br />

planktonic foraminifers in the North Caspian depression. This article<br />

reviews the <strong>radiolaria</strong>n zonation currently used by Russian workers.<br />

Kozur, H. 1993a. First evidence of Liassic in the Vicinity<br />

of Csovár (Hungary) and its Paleogeographic and<br />

Paleotectonic Significance. Jb. geol. Bundesanst. (Wien),<br />

136/1, 89-98.<br />

The Csovar Limestone Formation sensu HAAS & KOVACS<br />

(1985) consists of two units different in lithofacies and age. The<br />

lower unit (Csovar Limestone Formation sensu BALOGH, 1981, who<br />

established this formation) consists of dark, bituminous, often<br />

resedimented and graded limestones, cherty limestones, marly<br />

limestones and marls. The surface outcrops of the Csovar Limestone<br />

Formation belong to the Upper Rhaetian. In a borehole also Norian is<br />

present in the Csovar Limestone Formation. The upper unit consists<br />

of bedded, in some parts massive, light-yellowish to light-brownish<br />

micritic limestones and cherty limestones. The upper part contains<br />

thick slump breccias. The upper unit is separated from the Csovar<br />

Limestone Formation s.l. and designated as Varhegy Cherty<br />

Limestone Formation. Its largest part belongs to the Hettangian. The<br />

basal Varhegy Cherty Limestone Formation has yielded<br />

Neohindeodella detrei KOZUR & MOCK, the stratigraphically<br />

youngest conodont species of the world that characterizes probably<br />

the basal Hettangian. The uppermost part of the Varhegy Cherty<br />

Limestone Formation belongs to the Sinemurian.<br />

Kozur, H. 1993b. Upper Permian Radiolarians from the<br />

Sosio Valley Area, Western Sicily (Italy) and from the<br />

Uppermost Lamar Limestone of West Texas. Jb. geol.<br />

Bundesanst. (Wien), 136/1, 99-123.<br />

Red deep-water clays from the Sosio Valley area in Western<br />

Sicily contain one of the richest Upper Permian <strong>radiolaria</strong>n faunas of<br />

the world. 4 new genera and 4 new species are described from this<br />

fauna. Conodonts from a calcarenite intercalation near to the richest<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n-bearing sample indicate a Dzhulfian age. The<br />

stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance of this deep-water<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n is discussed. For comparison with the Sicilian Upper<br />

Permian <strong>radiolaria</strong>n fauna, the <strong>radiolaria</strong>n fauna of the uppermost<br />

Lamar Limestone of West Texas was re-investigated. In contrast to<br />

the previous age determinations this fauna is not of Late Capitanian,<br />

but of Dzhulfian age. Follicullus bispinosum n. sp. has been<br />

described from this fauna

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