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Radiolaria 14 Bibliography - 1992<br />

synthesis of the stratigraphy, lithology, petrology, and geochemistry<br />

of the radiolarites in Sites 801 and 800 documents the<br />

sedimentation processes and trends in the equatorial central Pacific<br />

from the Middle Jurassic through the Early Cretaceous. Paleolatitude<br />

and paleodepth reconstructions enable comparisons with previous<br />

DSDP sites and identification of the general patterns of<br />

sedimentation over a wide region of the Pacific.<br />

Clayey radiolarites dominated sedimentation on Pacific oceanic<br />

crust within tropical paleolatitudes from at least the latest<br />

Bathonian through Tithonian. Radiolarian productivity rose to a peak<br />

within 5° of the paleoequator. where accumulation rates of biogenic<br />

silica exceeded lOOOg/cm 2 /m.y. Wavy-bedded <strong>radiolaria</strong>n cherts<br />

developed in the upper Tithonian at Site 801 coinciding with the<br />

proximity of this site to the paleoequator. Ribbon-bedding of some<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n cherts exposed on Pacific margins may have formed from<br />

silicification of radiolarite deposited near the equatorial highproductivity<br />

zone where <strong>radiolaria</strong>n/clay ratios were high.<br />

Silicification processes in sediments extensively mixed by<br />

bioturbation or enriched in clay or carbonate generally resulted in<br />

discontinuous bands or nodules of porcellanite or chert, e.g., a<br />

"knobby" radiolarite. Ribbon-bedded cherts require primary<br />

alternations of <strong>radiolaria</strong>n-rich and clay-rich layers as an initial<br />

structural template, coupled with abundant biogenic silica in both<br />

layers. During diagenesis, migration of silica from clay-rich layers<br />

leaves <strong>radiolaria</strong>n "ghosts" or voids, and the precipitation in<br />

adjacent radiolarite layers results in silicification of the inter<strong>radiolaria</strong>n<br />

matrix and infilling of <strong>radiolaria</strong>n tests. Alternations of<br />

claystone and clay-rich <strong>radiolaria</strong>n grainstone were deposited during<br />

the Callovian at Site 801 and during the Berriasian-Valanginian at<br />

Site 800, but did not silicify to form bedded chert.<br />

Carbonate was not preserved on the Pacific oceanic floor or<br />

spreading ridges during the Jurassic, perhaps due to an elevated<br />

level of dissolved carbon dioxide. During the Berriasian through<br />

Hauterivian, the carbonate compensation depth (CCD) descended to<br />

approximately 3500 m, permitting the accumulation of siliceous<br />

limestones at near-ridge sites. Carbonate accumuiation rates<br />

exceeded 1500 g/cm 2 /m.y. at sites above the CCD, yet there is no<br />

evidence of an equatorial carbonate bulge during the Early<br />

Cretaceous. In the Barremian and Aptian, the CCD rose, coincident<br />

with the onset of mid-plate volcanic activity.<br />

Abundance of Fe and Mn and the associated formation of<br />

authigenic Fe-smectite clays was a function of proximity to the<br />

spreading ridges, with secondary enrichments occurring during<br />

episodes of spreading-center reorganizations. Callovian radiolarite<br />

at Site 801 is anomalously depleted in Mn, which resulted either<br />

from inhibited precipitation of Mn-oxides by lower pH of interstitial<br />

waters induced by high dissolved oceanic CO2 levels or from<br />

diagenetic mobilization of Mn. Influx of terrigenous (eolian) clay<br />

apparently changed with paleolatitude and geological age.<br />

Cyclic variations in productivity of <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns and of<br />

nannofossils and in the influx of terrigenous clay are attributed to<br />

Milankovitch climatic cycles of precession (20,000 yr) and<br />

eccentricity ( 100,000 yr). Diagenetic redistribution of biogenic<br />

silica and carbonate enhanced the expression of this cyclic<br />

sedimentation.<br />

Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sediments were deposited under<br />

oxygenated bottom-water conditions at all depths, accompanied by<br />

bioturbation and pervasive oxidation of organic carbon and metals.<br />

Despite the more "equable" climate conditions of the Mesozoic, the<br />

super-ocean of the Pacific experienced adequate deep-water<br />

circulation to prevent stagnation. Efficient nutrient recycling may<br />

have been a factor in the abundance of <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns in this ocean<br />

basin.<br />

Okamura, M. 1992. Cretaceous Radiolaria from Shikoku,<br />

Japan (Part 1). Mem. Fac. Sci., Kochi Univ., Series E<br />

(Geology), 13, 21-164.<br />

The biostratigraphic distribution of Early to Late Cretaceous<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>ns from eight sections in Shikoku, Japan, interpreted as<br />

belonging to any of the parts of the Cretaceous arc-trench system,<br />

is investigated and the stratigraphic range of each selected<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n species is determined. Employing eight <strong>radiolaria</strong>n<br />

biohorizons set up on the base of the first and last occurrences of a<br />

given species, two sequences of upper Valanginian to Campanian<br />

strata are biostratigraphically divided into eight zones. These zones<br />

are, in ascending order: Acanthocircus dicranacanthos Zone,<br />

Sethocapsa uterculus Zone, Archaeodictyomitra lacrimula Zone,<br />

Pseudodictyomirta pseodomacrocephala morphotype C Zone,<br />

Holocryptocanium geysersensis Zone, Hemicryptocapsa polyhedra-<br />

Pyramispongia glascockensis Zone, Pseudoaulophacus pargueraensis<br />

Zone and Archaeospongoprunum salumi Zone.<br />

The Cretaceous Shikoku sequence among constructed through<br />

composite sequences at eight areas, which is correlated with the<br />

Yokonami chert and Shimantogawa turbidite, is attempted mainly by<br />

means of these datum levels and zonation herein proposed.<br />

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Correlation among intra-arc, fore-arc, trench and abyssal basin<br />

prove that <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns provide a valuable bases for constructing a<br />

biostratigraphic framework in the ancient arc-trench system.<br />

Additionary, comparisons of the proposed zonation with those of<br />

other fossil groups such as foraminifera, inocerami and ammonite<br />

from the Matsuyama, Monobe and Shimantogawa turbidite sequences<br />

provides important clues to the age assignment of the <strong>radiolaria</strong>n<br />

zones. Furthermore, Cretaceous oceanic plate stratigraphy is<br />

reconstructed based on chronology established by <strong>radiolaria</strong>n<br />

biostratigraphy.<br />

Osozawa, S. 1992. Double ridge subduction recorded in the<br />

Shimanto accretionary complex, Japan, and plate<br />

reconstruction. Geology, 20/10, 939-942.<br />

Combining a quantitative model relating ridge subduction and<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n biostratigraphical data from the Shimanto belt including<br />

accreted midocean ridge basalt, the plate configuration for the<br />

western North Pacific since 83 Ma can be reconstructed. The Kula-<br />

North New Guinea and North New Guinea-Pacific ridges passed along<br />

the Japan arc. Assuming a constant plate motion, the half-spreading<br />

rates, angles at which ridges entered the trench, convergent rates<br />

and angles, and migration rates of triple junctions can be calculated.<br />

Otsuka, T., Kajima, M. & Hori, R. 1992. The<br />

Batinah Olistostrome of the Oman Mountains and Mesozoic<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>ns. In: Proceedings of the Third Radiolarian<br />

Symposium. (Sakai, T. & Aita, Y., Eds.), vol. 8. News of<br />

Osaka Micropaleontologists, special Volume, Osaka. pp. 21-<br />

34. (in Japanese)<br />

The Samail Ophiolite in the Oman Mountains is overlain by early<br />

Late Cretaceous supra-ophiolite sediments. The sediments are<br />

composed of the Suhaylah Formation, Zabyat Formation and Batinah<br />

Olistostrome in ascending order. The Batinah Olistostrome contains<br />

various size of olistoliths of serpentinite, basalt, limestone, chert<br />

and quartzite. Middle Triassic to early Late Cretaceous <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns<br />

are obtained mainly from chert olistoliths. Some olistoliths are<br />

correlated with the Samail Ophiolite and the Hawasina Series on the<br />

basis of their lithology and age. It is inferred that the Batinah<br />

Olistostrome was derived from the Samail and the Hawasina nappes<br />

in the west where they had formed a topographic high in the<br />

emplacement.<br />

Ozvoldová, L. 1992. The discovery of a Callovian<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n association in the Upper Posidonia Beds of the<br />

Pieniny succession of the Klippen Belt (Western<br />

Carpathians). Geologica carpath., 43/2, 111-122.<br />

The first contribution dealing with the study of Middle Jurassic<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>ns in the Western Carpathians presents the composition of<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n associations in the Upper Posidonia beds of the Pieniny<br />

succession (s.1.) in the Klippen Belt at Trstená in Orava. The<br />

assemblages have been assigned to the Lower to Middle Callovian.<br />

For comparison, the composition of an assemblage from the<br />

overlying radiolarite horizon of Upper Callovian to Upper Oxfordian<br />

age has been included.<br />

Ozvoldová, L. & Petercáková, M. 1992. Hauterivian<br />

<strong>radiolaria</strong>n association from the Luckovska Formation,<br />

Manin Unit (Mt. Butkov, western Carpathians). Geologica<br />

carpath., 43/5, 313-324.<br />

The paper deals with the occurrence of a rich <strong>radiolaria</strong>n<br />

microfauna in the limestones of the Lúckovská Formation of the<br />

Manín Unit (Mt. Butkov, Strázovské vrchy Mts., Central Western<br />

Carpathians). 36 taxa of <strong>radiolaria</strong>ns and four new species -<br />

?Acaeniotyle florea n. sp, Cyclastrum decorum n. sp, Orbiculiforma<br />

trispinosa n. sp. and Paronaella trifoliacea n. sp. have been identified<br />

in prospecting gallery St-02-38 m. The associations found represent<br />

the stratigraphical range of Uppermost Valanginian - Hauterivian.<br />

Findings of tintinnids and ammonites (Vasícek & Michalík 1986;<br />

Borza et al. 1987; Michalík et al. 1990) in this formation prove<br />

Barremian age. However, the calcareous microfauna and calcareous<br />

nannoplankton found in prospecting gallery St-02-38 m does not<br />

determine the exact age. The older age of <strong>radiolaria</strong>n associations<br />

can be explained here either by intraclasts of underlying rocks<br />

(Michalík et al. 1990) or by the assignation of the part of the<br />

Lúckovská Formation to Hauterivian in this prospecting gallery.<br />

Pessagno, E.A. & Mizutani, S. 1992. Radiolarian<br />

biozones of North America and Japan. In: The Jurassic of the<br />

Circum-Pacific. (Westerman, G.E.G., Eds.). Cambridge<br />

University Press, New York. pp. 293-295 and 578-585.<br />

The correlation chart presented herein (Figure 14.1) was<br />

compiled through a critical examination of published and unpublished

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