Jp. Bellier et al., THE BLAKE NOSE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE (FLOR IDA ATLANTIC MARGIN, ODP LEG 171B) - AN EXEMPLAR RECORD OF THE MAASTRICHTIAN-DANIAN TRANSITION, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 325(7), 1997, pp. 499-504
During ODP Leg 171B, devoted to the analysis of the Blake Plateau marg
in in front of Florida, 16 holes have been drilled In 5 distinct sites
. The sites have documented a sedimentary succession ranging in age fr
om Aptian to Eocene. Emphasis has been put on critical periods, compri
sing the Paleocene-Eocene transition, the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
which has been cored in excellent conditions, the middle Maastrichtia
n extinctions and the Albian the anoxic episodes.