Calcareous nannofossils and planktic foraminifers from Enewetak Atoll, Western Pacific Ocean: Geologic and geophysical investigations of Enewetak Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Professional paper

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5983079

Bybell, L M; Poore, R Z

Boring of the carbonate sequence at the northern end of Enewetak Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, was conducted in 1985, as part of the Pacific Enewetak Atoll Crater Exploration (PEACE) Program. The overall goal of the program was to characterize physical effects of large-scale nuclear blasts, which were conducted in the early 1950's, on the sediments of the atoll. In the report the authors document the occurrences of stratigraphically diagnostic planktic microfossils in samples from Enewetak (generally referred to as core) and outline the rationale for incorporating all available diagnostic planktic assemblages into a composite sequence that was used to date the Enewetak benthic zonation.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Alexandria, VA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5983079
• Report Number(s): PB-91-239061/XAB; USGS-PP--1513-C
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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