Calcareous nannofossil counting in the Avdat section, Northern Negev, Israel

Assemblage of calcareous nannofossil from the Avdat section in Israel was analyzed and compared to other oceanic sites. 161 samples were taken from seven subsections in the Avdat gorge along the Zin Valley (30.8N, 34.8E, WGS84) with a 1m sampling resolution. The integrated section represents the Ypresian / Lutetian transition of the Eocene. Ages and rates of sedimentation were calculated after Geological Time Scale 2012 (GTS; Schmitz, 2012). The error for age values is ±0.1 Myr. Calcareous nannofossil were counted under polarized microscope based on the total number of specimens per View Field (pVF). 5-10 slide-replicates were made for a sample, inspecting 60 view fields from each. The current data allows tracking the response of calcareous nannofossil assemblage to palaeoceanographic changes in the proximal basins of the Levant region, southern Tethys.

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Weinbaum-Hefetz, Menahem (2024). Dataset: Calcareous nannofossil counting in the Avdat section, Northern Negev, Israel. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922323

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Source https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.922323
Author Weinbaum-Hefetz, Menahem
Given Name Menahem
Family Name Weinbaum-Hefetz
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Title: Low latitude Tethyan calcareous nannofossil ocean paleoecology across the early/middle Eocene transition
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Source: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Authors: Weinbaum-Hefetz Menahem , Bialik Or M , Benjamini Chaim , Gradstein Felix M , Ogg James , Schmitz Mark , Ogg Gabi , Weinbaum-Hefetz Menahem , Benjamini Chaim .

Title: The Geologic Time Scale 2012
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2012
Source: Elsevier, Amsterdam
Authors: Weinbaum-Hefetz Menahem , Bialik Or M , Benjamini Chaim , Gradstein Felix M , Ogg James , Schmitz Mark , Ogg Gabi , Weinbaum-Hefetz Menahem , Benjamini Chaim .

Title: Calcareous nannofossil assemblage changes from early to middle Eocene in the Levant margin of the Tethys, central Israel
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1144/0262-821X11-017
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2011
Source: Journal of Micropalaeontology
Authors: Weinbaum-Hefetz Menahem , Bialik Or M , Benjamini Chaim , Gradstein Felix M , Ogg James , Schmitz Mark , Ogg Gabi , Weinbaum-Hefetz Menahem , Benjamini Chaim .