New U/Th and amino-acid racemization dating and interpretation of Pleistocene sequences from West Caicos Island (Caicos platform): Implication for cyclostratigraphy

Conférence Chapitre d'actes New U/Th and amino-acid racemization dating and interpretation of Pleistocene sequences from West Caicos Island (Caicos platform): Implication for cyclostratigraphy eng 2012 author Kindler Pascal 28210 author Meyer Aurélien 644138 82-95 978-0-935909-93-7 The Pleistocene sequences covering West Caicos Island (Caicos Platform) show a more complicated geometry than previously thought and provide a good example of lateral and chronological variability of sediments deposited during the same sea-level history. Studied core transects at Boat Cove and Company Point on the western coast of the island display several vertically stacked, shallowing-upward sedimentary sequences comprising peri-reefal and/or oolitic facies, separated by soil zones. Previous interpretations proposed that these sequences were formed during distinct and successive interglacial sea-level highstands of the Pleistocene, whereas pedogenic horizons were correlated with glacial lowstands. Our new geochronological data show that the uppermost two sequences observed at the studied locations were both deposited during the last interglacial period, suggesting that sea-level history was indeed complex during this time period. In addition, the underlying sequence at Boat Cove must not be correlated with the penultimate interglacial highstand, but with an older highstand event in the middle Pleistocene. This example of lateral and temporal variability of meter-scale sequences must be remembered when applying cyclostratigraphic concepts to older carbonate successions. Caicos West Caicos Stratigraphy Quaternary Pleistocene AAR dating U/Th dating Dewey 550 San Salvador, Bahamas Gerace Research Center 42 Département des sciences de la Terre 154 false 671 Sedimentology, Biostratigraphy and Micropaleontology Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and other carbonate regions Gamble, D.G. & Kindler, P. 17-21 juin 2010 San Salvador, Bahamas 349fa559-3f52-4230-bae9-00270359340e Proceedings chapter (Published version) Public 82_KindlerMeyer_15thGeology.pdf 4110036 application/pdf openAccess Faculté des sciences / Section des sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement / Département des sciences de la Terre

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New U/Th and amino-acid racemization dating and interpretation of Pleistocene sequences from West Caicos Island (Caicos platform): Implication for cyclostratigraphy	Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and other carbonate regions			2012	638	150

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