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An Integrated Age Model for the Cocos Plate using IODP CRISP Drilling Data .
Baxter, Alan T., Kutterolf, Steffen , Schindlbeck, Julie Christin , Sandoval, Maria I., Barckhausen, Udo, Li, Yong-Xiang and Petronotis, Katerina E. (2017) An Integrated Age Model for the Cocos Plate using IODP CRISP Drilling Data . [Poster] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2017. , 11.12 - 15.12.2017, New Orleans, USA .
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We present an integrated age model for the incoming Cocos Plate sediments offshore Costa Rica. The data, collected over two IODP Expeditions (334 and 344), provides a medium to highresolution record from the initial formation of the ocean crust in the Miocene to the present day. This study provides >50 age control points for the CRISP sediments from Sites U1381 and U1414. Although the two sites are just 10 km apart, there are distinct differences in the sediment and tephra record. Most notable is the presence of a hiatus at Site U1381. The hiatus, which is seen at other sites on the Cocos Plate, but not at Site U1414, may be related to erosion due to bottom water currents, mass wasting from Cocos Ridge subduction or may be related to the closure of the Central American Seaway (CAS). Sediment accumulation rates in the Miocene are comparable to modern abyssal plain rates. However, an increase is observed in the Pleistocene, when detritus from the forearc basin appears at Site U1414 ~2 Ma, shortly after the initiation of Cocos Ridge subduction. A tectonic model is presented that reconstructs the Cocos Plate, from its formation at 23 Ma to the present day. Eastern Equatorial Pacific (EEP) paleoceanographic events, such as the Miocene ‘carbonate crash’ and the Late MioceneEarly Pliocene ‘biogenic bloom’ observed at Site U1414, are also discussed.
Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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Keywords: | Age model, Cocos Plate, IODP CRISP Drilling Data |
Research affiliation: | OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB4 Dynamics of the Ocean Floor > FB4-MUHS Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems |
Projects: | IODP |
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Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2018 11:17 |
Last Modified: | 26 Feb 2018 11:17 |
URI: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42026 |
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