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Isthminia Panamensis, a New Fossil Inioid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Chagres Formation of Panama and the Evolution of ‘River Dolphins’ in the Americas
Isthminia panamensis, a new fossil inioid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Chagres Formation of Panama and the evolution of ‘river dolphins’ in the Americas Nicholas D. Pyenson1,2, Jorge Velez-Juarbe´ 3,4, Carolina S. Gutstein1,5, Holly Little1, Dioselina Vigil6 and Aaron O’Dea6 1 Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA 2 Departments of Mammalogy and Paleontology, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, WA, USA 3 Department of Mammalogy, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA 4 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 5 Comision´ de Patrimonio Natural, Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales, Santiago, Chile 6 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama ABSTRACT In contrast to dominant mode of ecological transition in the evolution of marine mammals, different lineages of toothed whales (Odontoceti) have repeatedly invaded freshwater ecosystems during the Cenozoic era. The so-called ‘river dolphins’ are now recognized as independent lineages that converged on similar morphological specializations (e.g., longirostry). In South America, the two endemic ‘river dolphin’ lineages form a clade (Inioidea), with closely related fossil inioids from marine rock units in the South Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Here we describe a new genus and species of fossil inioid, Isthminia panamensis, gen. et sp. nov. from the late Miocene of Panama. The type and only known specimen consists of a partial skull, mandibles, isolated teeth, a right scapula, and carpal elements recovered from Submitted 27 April 2015 the Pina˜ Facies of the Chagres Formation, along the Caribbean coast of Panama. -
Geological Setting and Tectonic Framework in Denmark
DANMARKS OG GRØNLANDS GEOLOGISKE UNDERSØGELSE RAPPORT 2010/124 Low- and intermediate level radioactive waste from Risø, Denmark. Location studies for potential disposal areas. Report no. 3 Geological setting and tectonic framework in Denmark Stig A. Schack Pedersen & Peter Gravesen GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND MINISTRY OF CLIMATE AND ENERGY G E U S DANMARKS OG GRØNLANDS GEOLOGISKE UNDERSØGELSE RAPPORT 2010/124 Low- and intermediate level radioactive waste from Risø, Denmark. Location studies for potential disposal areas. Report no. 3 Geological setting and tectonic framework in Denmark Stig A. Schack Pedersen & Peter Gravesen GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND ~ MINISTRY OF CLIMATE AND ENERGY G E U S 1. INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 The aim of this report ............................................................................................... 5 2. GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF DENMARK 6 2.1 The pre-Quaternary Geology of Denmark ............................................................... 7 3. GEOLOGICAL – TECTONIC FRAMEWORK 10 3.1 The geotectonic margins of the Danish Basin ....................................................... 10 3.2 Deep-seated tectonic structures ............................................................................ 12 4. SALT DIAPIRS 13 4.1 The salt provinces in Denmark ............................................................................... 14 5. TECTONICS OF CRETACEOUS AND TERTIARY DEPOSITS 17 6. TECTONICS OF BORNHOLM: BASEMENT, BLOC TECTONICS AND INVERSION 18 7. THE PRE-QUARTERNY SURFACE -
Low-And Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste from Risoe
1. INTRODUCTION 5 2. DATA AND DATABASES 7 2.1 Distribution of rocks and sediments, environment and age ...................... 7 2.2 Field investigations .......................................................................................... 8 2.3 Field inspections ............................................................................................ 10 2.4 Borehole data ................................................................................................. 11 2.4.1 Well data archive and Jupiter database. ................................................ 11 2.5 Shallow geophysical data ............................................................................. 14 2.6 Groundwater data .......................................................................................... 16 2.7 Rock and sediment mineralogy and chemistry ......................................... 17 2.7.1 Redox processes ....................................................................................... 17 2.7.2 Mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks and sediments ..... 18 2.8 Data from the National Groundwater mapping ......................................... 18 2.8.1 Drinking water areas ................................................................................. 18 2.8.2 Groundwater mapping............................................................................... 19 2.9 Earth quake data ........................................................................................... 22 3. MAPS 24 3.1 Quaternary Maps in scale 1:50.000 -
The East Greenland Rifted Volcanic Margin
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND BULLETIN 24 • 2011 The East Greenland rifted volcanic margin C. Kent Brooks GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND DANISH MINISTRY OF CLIMATE, ENERGY AND BUILDING 1 Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 24 Keywords East Greenland, North Atlantic, rifted volcanic margin, large igneous province, LIP, Palaeogene, basalt, syenite, nephelinite, carbona- tite, uplift. Cover Sundown over the nunataks in the Main Basalts (Skrænterne Fm) to the south of Scoresby Sund. Camped on the glacier, the 1965 Ox- ford University East Greenland Expedition travelled and collected from this area on foot, manhauling equipment on the sledge to the left. The expedition results were published in Fawcett et al. (1973). Frontispiece: facing page Mountains of horizontally layered basalt flows rising to about 2000 m on the south side of Scoresby Sund. Typical trap topography as found throughout most of the Kangerlussuaq–Scoresby Sund inland area. Chief editor of this series: Adam A. Garde Editorial board of this series: John A. Korstgård, Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University; Minik Rosing, Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen; Finn Surlyk, Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen Scientific editor of this volume: Adam A. Garde Editorial secretaries: Jane Holst and Esben W. Glendal Referees: Dennis K. Bird (USA) and Christian Tegner (DK) Illustrations: Eva Melskens with contributions from Adam A. Garde Digital photographic work: Benny Schark Graphic production: Kristian A. Rasmussen Printers: Rosendahls · Schultz Grafisk A/S, Albertslund, Denmark Manuscript received: 1 March 2011 Final version approved: 20 September 2011 Printed: 22 December 2011 ISSN 1604-8156 ISBN 978-87-7871-322-3 Citation of the name of this series It is recommended that the name of this series is cited in full, viz. -
Cenozoic Palaeogeography and Isochores Predating the Neogene Exhumation of the Eastern North Sea Basin
Cenozoic palaeogeography and isochores predating the Neogene exhumation of the eastern North Sea Basin Peter Japsen, Erik S. Rasmussen, Paul F. Green, Lars Henrik Nielsen and Torben Bidstrup Denmark is a key region for studies of the Cenozoic develop- maximum burial during the Cenozoic occurred prior to the ment of Scandinavia because Paleocene to Upper Miocene sed- early Neogene exhumation phase. iments crop out across the country and because it is possible to Late Neogene exhumation began between 10 and 5 Ma correlate these occurrences with the up to 3 km thick Cenozoic ago according to the AFTA data from e.g. the Års-1 and succession of the North Sea Basin. However, the reason why Felicia-1 wells. Only one sample limits the onset of this phase the Cenozoic deposits occur close to the surface of the Earth in to begin before 5 Ma, and the onset of the exhumation prob- Denmark is that the sediments have been exhumed from their ably began in the early Pliocene at c. 4 Ma as suggested by the cover of younger rocks. This implies that a reconstruction of prominent unconformity of this age. After 4 Ma significant the Cenozoic development across Denmark – involving both progradation from Scandinavia into the North Sea Basin and burial and exhumation – must rely on sedimentological and increased subsidence in the central North Sea were initiated. seismic studies of preserved sediments as well as on physical A section of 450–850 m was removed in the central part of the parameters that may yield evidence of the postdepositional his- Norwegian–Danish Basin in association with this reshaping tory of the sediments now at the surface. -
Miocene Leatherback Turtle Material of the Genus Psephophorus (Testudines: Dermochelyoidea) from the Gram Formation (Denmark)
ISSN: 0211-8327 Studia Palaeocheloniologica IV: pp. 205-216 MIOCENE LEATHERBACK TURTLE MATERIAL OF THE GENUS PSEPHOPHORUS (TESTUDINES: DERMOCHELYOIDEA) FROM THE GRAM FORMATION (DENMARK) [Tortugas de cuero miocénicas del género Psephophorus (Testudines: Dermochelyoidea) de la Formación Gram (Dinamarca)] Hans-Volker KARL 1,2, Bent E. K. LINDOW 3 & Thomas TÜT K EN 4 1 Thüringisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie (TLDA). Humboldtstr. 11. D-99423, Weimar, Germany. Email: [email protected] 2c\o Geobiology, Center of Earth Sciences at the University of Göttingen. Goldschmidtstraße 3. DE-37077 Göttingen, Germany 3 Natural History Museum of Denmark. University of Copenhagen. Øster Voldgade 5-7. DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Email: [email protected] 4 Emmy Noether-Gruppe “Knochengeochemie”. Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie. Arbeitsbereich Mineralogie-Petrologie. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Poppelsdorfer Schloß. 53115 Bonn, Germany. (FECHA DE RECEPCIÓN: 2011-01-12) BIBLID [0211-8327 (2012) Vol. espec. 9; 205-216] ABSTRACT: Several specimens of fossil leatherback turtle from the upper Miocene (Tortonian) Gram Formation are described and illustrated scientifically for the first time. The specimens are all referred to the taxon Psephophorus polygonus and constitute the northernmost occurrence of this taxon in the geological record. Additionally, they indicate that leatherback turtles were a common constituent of the marine fauna of the Late Miocene North Sea Basin. Key words: Testudines, Psephophorus, Miocene, Gram Formation, Denmark. RESUMEN: Se describen y figuran por primera vez algunos ejemplares de tortugas de cuero fósiles del Mioceno superior (Tortoniense) de la Formación Gram, en © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca Studia Palaeocheloniologica IV (Stud. Geol. Salmant. -
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 12, 73-77
Frida-1 GR Sonic Fig. 62. Frida-1, reference well for the Freja Member. Black bar shows m cored section. 1400 1487.7 ber in the Inez-1 well (shown as unnamed sandstones in 1500 Fig. 2); these sandstones may be contemporaneous or even contiguous with those of the Freja Member. However, confident correlation on the basis of log and seismic data Lark Fm is not possible at present. Freja Mb Acknowledgements Aage Bach Sørensen (GEUS) is thanked for help with 1600 seismic interpretations. Yvonne Desezar, Johnny E. Hansen and Birthe Amdrup are thanked for preparation of mi- 1623.5 crofossil and palynology samples. The referees Robert W.O’B. Knox (British Geological Survey) and Paul van Veen (ConocoPhilips Norway) are thanked for their con- structive criticism of the manuscript; the editorial contri- butions of Adam A. Garde, Jon R. Ineson and Martin Sønderholm are gratefully acknowledged. This work was made possible through grants from the Danish Energy 1700 Authority, under the Energy Research Project Framework 2000. References Ahmadi, Z.M., Sawyers, M., Kenyon-Roberts, S., Stanworth, C.W., Aubry, M.-P. et al. 2002: Proposal: Global Standard Stratotype-section Kugler, K.A., Kristensen, J. & Fugelli, E.M.G. 2003: Paleocene. In: and Point (GSSP) at the Dababiya section (Egypt) for the base of Evans, D. et al. (eds): The millenium atlas: petroleum geology of the the Eocene Series, 58 pp. Unpublished report, International Sub- central and northern North Sea, 235–259. London: Geological commision on Paleogene Stratigraphy. Society. Aubry, M.-P. et al. 2003: Chronostratigraphic terminology at the Paleo- Armentrout, J.M., Malecek, S.J., Fearn, L.B., Sheppard, C.E., Nayler, cene/Eocene boundary. -
Investigation of Oligocene to Lower Pliocene Deposits in the Nordic
Investigation of Oligocene to Lower Pliocene deposits in the Nordic NPD Bulletin 10 offshore area and onshore Denmark (Including interactive maps and diagrams) Oligocene to Pliocene well and borehole database and Oligocene to Lower Pliocene sandy deposits (Please note that well, borehole and prole numbers are linked to descriptions and gures) 0˚ LEGEND 9° 18˚ Wells and boreholes in the data base Other wells/boreholes investigated by the NPD Shelf break N (mainly without Oligocene - Miocene) Wells/boreholes investigated by other companies/institutions Hutton sand (Upper Oligocene/Lower Miocene - Upper Pliocene) Utsira Formation (Upper Miocene - Lower Pliocene) ? ? 4° Upper Miocene - Lower Pliocene part of the Molo Formation Skade Formation (Lower Miocene) Lower Miocene part of the Molo Formation Lower Miocene (Burdigalian - early Langhian) delta sand (Denmark) 6704/12-GB1 6610/3-1 6610/2-1 S Lowermost Miocene (Aquitanian) delta sand (Denmark) 6607/5-2 6609/5-1 6607/5-1 P13 6610/7-2 Oligocene to Pliocene well, borehole and outcrop data base Oligocene sands P12 Oligocene part of the Molo Formation 6610/7-1 Lower Oligocene argillaceous wedge unit 6609/11-1 North Sea Oligocene play (NOL-1) according to the NPD. 6510/2-1 6508/5-1 P11 Possible drainage route to Oligocene- Miocene deposit 6507/12-1 P10 Based on onshore morphology and offshore deposition patterns 49-23 6403/5-GB-1 6407/9-2 64˚ 6407/9-1 Based on provenance studies, onshore 6407/9-5 morphology and offshore 6404/11-1 deposition patterns Svalbard 6305/4-1 Forlandsundet 6305/5-1 Present water divide Paleo water divide ODP Site 986 Areas with abundant river captures SWEDEN 36/1-2 P9 Bjørnøya 35/2-1 34/2-4 35/3-1 34/4-6 G r e e n l a n d 34/7-1 34/4-7 34/8-1 34/8-3 A 34/7-R-1 H 34/7-2 P8 34/7-12 P7a 35/11-1 Shetland 34/10-17 35/11-14 S 7316/5-1 29/3-1 Fig. -
Freiberg Online Geoscience FOG Is an Electronic Journal Registered Under ISSN 1434-7512
FOG Freiberg Online Geoscience FOG is an electronic journal registered under ISSN 1434-7512 2016, VOL 46 Christoph Breitkreuz and Uwe Kroner (conveners) Workshop on “Late Paleozoic magmatism in the Erzgebirge / Krušné hory: Magma genesis, tectonics, geophysics, and mineral deposits” - Abstracts - 42 pages, 23 contributions Content Preface .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Vertical evolution of the Cínovec granite cupola – chemical and mineralogical record (Breiter) ............... 4 The Late Paleozoic volcanic centres in Central Europe – What do we know and what we need to know! (Breitkreuz) ................................................................................................................................................... 7 The initial phase of the Late Carboniferous Altenberg-Teplice Volcanic Complex: Volcanosedimentary evolution of the Schönfeld–Altenberg Depression Complex (Breitkreuz et al.) .......................................... 9 Reprocessing of deep seismic reflection profiles from the Erzgebirge / Krušné hory area (Buske et al.) .. 11 Correlating the lithofacies schemes of the Late Paleozoic Teplice Rhyolite, Central-European Variscides (German-Czech border) (Casas-García et al.) ........................................................................................... 13 The exhumation channel of the Erzgebirge: From heat advection to the emplacement of Sn-W enriched granites (Hallas et -
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 1, 145-216
DENMARK, SOUTHERN SWEDEN AND THE NETHERLANDS Previous page: Jurassic sediments exposed in a clay-pit at Bagå on Bornholm, Denmark – see Michelsen et al. (2003, this volume). Photo: Peter K. Warna-Moors. Jurassic lithostratigraphy and stratigraphic development onshore and offshore Denmark Olaf Michelsen, Lars H. Nielsen, Peter N. Johannessen, Jan Andsbjerg and Finn Surlyk A complete updated and revised lithostratigraphic scheme for the Jurassic succession of the onshore and offshore Danish areas is presented together with an overview of the geological evo- lution. The lithostratigraphies of Bornholm, the Danish Basin and the Danish Central Graben are described in ascending order, and a number of new units are defined. On Bornholm, the Lower–Middle Jurassic coal-bearing clays and sands that overlie the Lower Pliensbachian Hasle Formation are referred to the new Sorthat Formation (Lower Jurassic) and the revised Bagå Formation (Middle Jurassic). In the southern Danish Central Graben, the Middle Jurassic succession formerly referred to the Lower Graben Sand Formation is now included in the revised Bryne Formation. The Lulu Formation is erected to include the uppermost part of the Middle Jurassic succession, previously referred to the Bryne Formation in the northern Danish Central Graben. The Upper Jurassic Heno Formation is subdivided into two new members, the Gert Member (lower) and the Ravn Member (upper). The organic-rich part of the upper Farsund Formation, the for- mer informal ‘hot unit’, is established formally as the Bo Member. Dominantly shallow marine and paralic deposition in the Late Triassic was succeeded by wide- spread deposition of offshore marine clays in the Early Jurassic. -
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 14, 78
Bulletin 14: GSB191-Indhold 04/12/07 14:36 Side 1 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND BULLETIN 14 · 2007 Quaternary glaciation history and glaciology of Jakobshavn Isbræ and the Disko Bugt region, West Greenland: a review Anker Weidick and Ole Bennike GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND MINISTRY OF CLIMATE AND ENERGY Bulletin 14: GSB191-Indhold 04/12/07 14:36 Side 2 Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 14 Keywords Jakobshavn Isbræ, Disko Bugt, Greenland, Quaternary, Holocene, glaciology, ice streams, H.J. Rink. Cover Mosaic of satellite images showing the Greenland ice sheet to the east (right), Jakobshavn Isbræ, the icefjord Kangia and the eastern part of Disko Bugt. The position of the Jakobshavn Isbræ ice front is from 27 June 2004; the ice front has receded dramatically since 2001 (see Figs 13, 45) although the rate of recession has decreased in the last few years. The image is based on Landsat and ASTER images. Landsat data are from the Landsat-7 satellite. The ASTER satellite data are distributed by the Land Processes Distribution Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), located at the U.S. Geological Survey Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (http://LPDAAC.usgs.gov). Frontispiece: facing page Reproduction of part of H.J. Rink’s map of the Disko Bugt region, published in 1853. The southernmost ice stream is Jakobshavn Isbræ, which drains into the icefjord Kangia; the width of the map illustrated corresponds to c. 290 km. Chief editor of this series: Adam A. Garde Scientific editor of this volume: Jon R. Ineson Editorial secretaries: Jane Holst and Esben W. -
Geology of the North Sea and Skagerrak, :; Aarhus University, 1993 :
JL-y VJ XJ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK SERIES C* NO. 12 C)<cO ZB ZZ (V£Sr ■ ZiH - - Z‘-iOh, "T-rTF Proceedings of the1V- 2nd SymposraniQn:||||||;,v Marine Geology V ■ - . *•••'• ■ ' rw- . ■ "it. : , - Geology of the North Sea and Skagerrak, :; Aarhus University, 1993 : - EDITOR ,2 ## OLAF MICHELSEN - -. M-r U "■Kv-T-L-. ...L- . ■••■;••• ■. T; •: MAS Uffsa ^iaai %iTH!BUT:GN OF CCCL^EHT :S U^.;,RTTL Miljo- og Energiministeriet • Kobenhavn 1995 Ministry of Environment and Energy • Copenhagen 1995 r vjjdwjuwivajl SURVEY UE DENMARK « SERIES C NO. 12 Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Marine Geology: Geology of the North Sea and Skagerrak, Aarhus Universitet, 1993 RED AKT0R / EDITOR OLAF MICHELSEN K Miljp- og Energiministeriet • Kpbenhavn 1995 Ministry of Environment and Energy • Copenhagen 1995 JJtTtUGEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK SERIES C NO. 12 Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Marine Geology: Geology of the North Sea and Skagerrak, Aarhus Universitet, 1993 RED AKT0R / EDITOR OLAF MICHELSEN Miljp- og Energiministeriet • Kpbenhavn 1995 Ministry of Environment and Energy • Copenhagen 1995 DISCLAIMER Portions of this document may be illegible in electronic image products. Images are produced from the best available original document. Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Marine Geology: Geology of the North Sea and Skagerrak Aarhus Universitet, 1993 Editor: Olaf Michelsen Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................... 4 Authors addresses ............................................................................................................. 5 Origin of a deep buried valley system in Pleistocene deposits of the eastern North Sea. Inger Salomonsen......................................................... 7 Mid-Miocene progradational barrier island and back-barrier deposits, central Jylland, Denmark. S0ren A. V. Nielsen and Lars H. Nielsen............................................................................. 21 Tertiary fluvial deposits of Jylland, Addit area.