November 1998
ISSN 1096-7451
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.1998

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preliminary Pages

SECTION 1: MEDITERRANEAN PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND SAPROPELS

1. Sedimentological and stable isotope changes at the Messinian/Pliocene boundary in the Eastern Mediterranean (Holes 968A, 969A, and 969B), pp. 3-8
C. Pierre, J.-M. Rouchy, and M.-M. Blanc-Valleron (4.5 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.021.1998

2. The Miocene/Pliocene boundary in the Eastern Mediterranean: results from Sites 967 and 969, pp. 9-28
S. Spezzaferri, M.B. Cita, and J.A. McKenzie (16.8 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.026.1998

3. The sapropel theme of Leg 160, pp. 29-36
K.-C. Emeis and T. Sakamoto (392 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.058.1998

4. Continuous sedimentary sequences from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: composite depth sections, pp. 37-60
T. Sakamoto, T. Janecek, and K.-C. Emeis (4.2 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.053.1998

5. Magnetostratigraphy of Pliocene-Pleistocene sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, pp. 61-74
C. Richter, A.P. Roberts, J.S. Stoner, L.D. Benning, and C.T. Chi (2.3 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.051.1998

6. Data Report: High-resolution study of magnetic properties of sapropel-bearing sediments from Sites 966, 967, and 969, Eastern Mediterranean Sea , pp. 75-82
J.S. Stoner, C. Richter, and A.P. Roberts (1.5 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.028.1998

7. Quantitative calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments from the Eratosthenes Seamount region in the Eastern Mediterranean, pp. 83-98
T.S. Staerker (858 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.027.1998

8. Calcareous nannofossil quantitative biostratigraphy of Holes 969E and 963B (Eastern Mediterranean), pp. 99-112
E. Di Stefano (803KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.009.1998

9. Calcareous nannofossils in the basal Zanclean of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: remarks on paleoceanography and sapropel formation, pp. 113-124
D. Castradori (3.4 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.005.1998

10. Pliocene and Pleistocene biostratigraphy of Bachmayerella tenuis and Incertae sedis, forma A, Eastern Mediterranean, Holes 965A, 966A, 967A, and 969A, pp. 125-136
S. Spezzaferri and D. Spiegler (7.9 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.025.1998

11. Late Quaternary polycystine radiolarians and silicoflagellates of a diatomaceous sapropel from the Eastern Mediterranean, Sites 969 and 971, pp. 137-154
T. Danelian and D. Frydas (26.5 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.007.1998

12. Integrated calcareous plankton biostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy at Site 964, pp. 155-166
R. Sprovieri, E. Di Stefano, M. Howell, T. Sakamoto, A. Di Stefano, and M. Marino (898 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.010.1998

13. Stable isotope chronology and paleoceanographic history of Sites 963 and 964, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, pp. 167-180
M.W. Howell, R.C. Thunell, E. Di Stefano, R. Sprovieri, E.J. Tappa, and T. Sakamoto (1.7 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.014.1998

14. Oxygen isotope and sapropel stratigraphy in the Eastern Mediterranean during the last 3.2 million years, pp. 181-190
D. Kroon, I. Alexander, M. Little, L.J. Lourens, A. Matthewson, A.H.F. Robertson, and T. Sakamoto (555 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.071.1998

15. Base of large Gephyrocapsa and astronomical calibration of early Pleistocene sapropels in Site 967 and Hole 969D: solving the chronology of the Vrica section (Calabria, Italy), pp. 191-198
L.J. Lourens, F.J. Hilgen, and I. Raffi (971 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.017.1998

16. The trace element budget of the Eastern Mediterranean during Pliocene sapropel formation, pp. 199-206
I.A. Nijenhuis, H.-J. Brumsack, and G.J. De Lange (1.1 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.019.1998

17. The formation of Pliocene Mediterranean sapropels: constraints from high-resolution major and minor element studies, pp. 207-218
R. Wehausen and H.-J. Brumsack (757 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.004.1998

18. Mineralogical record of cyclic climate changes in Mediterranean mid-Pliocene deposits from Hole 964A (Ionian Basin) and from Punta Piccola (Sicily), pp. 219-226
F. Méliêres, A. Foucault, and M.-M. Blanc-Valleron (872 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.012.1998

19. Paleoproductivity and climate variations during sapropel deposition in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, pp. 227-248
L. Diester-Haass, C. Robert, and H. Chamley (9.9 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.008.1998

20. Sedimentary sulfur and iron chemistry in relation to the formation of Eastern Mediterranean sapropels, pp. 249-260
H.F. Passier and G.J. De Lange (1.3 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.020.1998

21. Biological marker significance of organic matter origin in sapropels from the Mediterranean Ridge, Site 969, pp. 261-270
I. Bouloubassi, G. Guehenneux, and J. Rullkötter (675 KB)
doi: 10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.003.1998

22. Biological marker significance of organic matter origin and transformation in sapropels from the Pisano Plateau, Site 964, pp. 271-284
J. Rullkötter, J. Rinna, I. Bouloubassi, B.M. Scholz-Böttcher, P.A. Meyers, L. Johns, and S.J. Rowland (812 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.023.1998

23. Molecular paleontology of eastern Mediterranean sapropels: evidence for photic zone euxinia, pp. 285-296
H.-J. Bosch, J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, and J.W. de Leeuw (544 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.066.1998

24. Data Report: Characterization of distributions of photosynthetic pigments in sapropel from Holes 966D and 969C, pp. 297-302
V. Cariou-Le Gall, A. Rosell-Mele, and J.R. Maxwell (1.4 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.055.1998

25. The response of bacterial populations to sapropels in deep sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean (Site 969), pp. 303-308
B.A. Cragg, K.M. Law, A. Cramp, and R.J. Parkes (339 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.069.1998

26. Stable isotope and alkenone temperature records of sapropels from Sites 964 and 967: constraining the physical environment of sapropel formation in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, pp. 309-332
K.-C. Emeis, H.-M. Schulz, U. Struck, T. Sakamoto, H. Doose, H. Erlenkeuser, M. Howell, D. Kroon, and M. Paterne (1.2 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.011.1998

27. Microfabric and microcompositional studies of Pliocene and Quaternary sapropels from the Eastern Mediterranean, pp. 333-348
A.E.S. Kemp, R.B. Pearce, J. Pike, and J.E.A. Marshall (26.6 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.068.1998

28. A lamina-scale, SEM-based study of a late Quaternary diatom-ooze sapropel from the Mediterranean Ridge, Site 971, pp. 349-364
R.B. Pearce, A.E.S. Kemp, I. Koizumi, J. Pike, A. Cramp, and S.J. Rowland (12.1 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.016.1998

29. Sulfate reduction and related stable isotope (³⁴S, ¹⁸O) variations in interstitial waters from the Eastern Mediterranean, pp. 365-374
M.E. Böttcher, H.-J. Brumsack, and G. J. de Lange (624 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.002.1998

SECTION 2: ERATOSTHENES SEAMOUNT

30. Cretaceous foraminiferal bio-isotope stratigraphy of Hole 967E and Paleogene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of Hole 966F, Eastern Mediterranean, pp. 377-394
I. Premoli Silva, S. Spezzaferri, and A. D'Angelantonio (18.1 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.022.1998

31. Data Report: Biostratigraphy of Eocene and Upper Cretaceous chalks from the Eratosthenes Seamount region in the Eastern Mediterranean, pp. 395-402
T. S. Staerker (402 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.070.1998

32. Lithofacies evidence for the Cretaceous-Paleogene sedimentary history of Eratosthenes Seamount, Eastern Mediterranean, in its regional tectonic context (Sites 966 and 967), pp. 403-418
A.H.F. Robertson (22 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.035.1998

33. Miocene shallow-water carbonates on the Eratosthenes Seamount, easternmost Mediterranean Sea, pp. 419-436
A.H.F. Robertson (21.1 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.036.1998

34. Evidence of Messinian nonmarine deposition at Site 968 (Cyprus lower slope), pp. 437-446
M.-M. Blanc-Valleron, J.-M. Rouchy, C. Pierre, D. Badaut-Trauth, and M. Schuler (3 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.001.1998

35. Data Report: Geochemistry of Pliocene and Miocene carbonates from the Eratosthenes Seamount (Site 965), pp. 447-452
M.E. Böttcher, Y. Mart, H.-J. Brumsack (1.2 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.067.1998

36. Late Miocene paleoenvironments and tectonic setting of the southern margin of Cyprus and the Eratosthenes Seamount, pp. 453-464
A.H.F. Robertson (2.8 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.037.1998

37. Significance of lower Pliocene mass-flow deposits for the timing and process of collision of the Eratosthenes Seamount with the Cyprus active margin, pp. 465-482
A.H.F. Robertson (31.7 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.038.1998

38. Evolution of paleoenvironments of Erastothenes Seamount based on downhole logging integrated with carbonate petrology and reflection profiles, pp. 483-508
C.O. Major, W.B.F. Ryan, and M.J. Jurado-Rodríguez (6.6 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.033.1998

39. Subsidence record of early-stage continental collision, Eratosthenes platform (Sites 966 and 967), pp. 509-516
B.M. Whiting (465 KB)
10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.039.1998

40. Structural evidence for the nature of hiatal gaps in the Upper Cretaceous to Holocene succession recovered from the Eratosthenes Seamount, pp. 517-526
R. Flecker, A. Kopf, and M.J. Jurado-Rodríguez (935 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.029.1998

41. Present-day stress indicators from a segment of the African-Eurasian plate boundary in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: results of Formation MicroScanner data, pp. 527-534
M.J. Jurado-Rodríguez and M. Brudy (989 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.030.1998

42. Acoustic properties from logs and discrete measurements (Sites 966 and 967) on Eratosthenes Seamount: controls and ground truth, pp. 535-544
J.M. Woodside, J.A.M. Kenter, and A. Köhnen (1.1 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.032.1998

43. Pleistocene fanglomerate deposition related to uplift of the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus, pp. 545-568
A. Poole and A. Robertson (14.7 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.064.1998

SECTION 3: MUD VOLCANISM

44. Pore-water indications for the occurrence of gas hydrates in Eastern Mediterranean mud dome structures, pp. 569-574
G.J. De Lange and H.-J. Brumsack (575 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.042.1998

45. Origin of clasts and matrix within the Milano and Napoli mud volcanoes, Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex, pp. 575-596
A.H.F. Robertson and A. Kopf (27.8 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.044.1998

46. Mud volcanic samples in the context of the Mediterranean Ridge mud diapiric belt, pp. 597-606
G.C. Akhmanov and J.M. Woodside (1.4 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.045.1998

47. Some clues about the Napoli and Milano mud volcanoes from an integrated log-core approach, pp. 607-624
M.J. Jurado-Rodríguez and F. Martínez-Ruiz (4 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.043.1998

48. Variations in sediment physical properties and permeability of mud-volcano deposits from Napoli Dome and adjacent mud volcanoes, pp. 625-644
A. Kopf, M.B. Clennell, and A. Camerlenghi (2.1 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.049.1998

49. Relationship between the variation of undrained shear strength, organic carbon content, and the origin and frequency of enigmatic normal faults in fine-grained sediments from advanced piston cores from the Eastern Mediterranean, pp. 645-662
A. Kopf, M.B. Clennell, and R. Flecker (10 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.050.1998

SECTION 4: SYNTHESES

50. Tectonic setting and processes of mud volcanism on the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex: evidence from Leg 160, pp. 665-680
A.H.F. Robertson and A. Kopf (2.2 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.062.1998

51. Formation and destruction of the Eratosthenes Seamount, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, and implications for collisional processes, pp.  681-700
A.H.F. Robertson (2.9 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.063.1998

52. Eratosthenes Seamount: an oceanographic yardstick recording the Late Mesozoic-Tertiary geological history of the Eastern Mediterranean, pp. 701-708
Y. Mart and A.H.F. Robertson (474 KB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.034.1998

53. Eratosthenes Seamount: the possible spearhead of incipient continental collision in the Eastern Mediterranean, pp. 709-721
D. Kempler (1.7 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.031.1998

54. Mesozoic-Tertiary tectonic evolution of the easternmost Mediterranean area: integration of marine and land evidence, pp.  723-782
Alastair H.F. Robertson (11.6 MB)
doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.160.061.1998

SECTION 5: INDEX

Index pp. 784-817 (411 KB)

BACK-POCKET MATERIALS

Chapter 30, Table 3. Distribution of Upper Cretaceous isolated planktonic foraminifers in Hole 967E.

CD-ROM MATERIALS

CORE DATA