FORAM COILING DIRECTIONS

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Globorotalia truncatulinoides• Bolli (1950, 1951) discovered that

the evolution of coiling directions of certain species of planktic forams varied and tended to be dominantly dextral or sinistral at some times.

• He suggested that this might have stratigraphic value.

• Ericson, Wollin, & Wollin (1954) successfully tested this hypothesis. Their figures are reproduced herein.

Coiling Distribution Map – Recent North Atlantic

• From Ericson et al. (1954)

• Note the dominantly right- & left-coiled regions.

• What is the percentage & direction near Bermuda?

Coiling Direction Distributions in Cores• Two piston cores 28 km

apart 360 km SW of the Canary Islands

• Note the extremely similar curves.

• Can they be correlated?• Which cored area had the

faster rate of deposition?

Coiling Direction Distributions in Cores• 4 piston cores along the Atlantic equator along a traverse 475 km

long.

• How would you correlate these sections?

• Which cored region had the fastest rate of deposition?

• Which cored region had the slowest rate of deposition?

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