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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