Scientific Results chapter citations

Allerton, S., 1998. Paleomagnetic results from Holes 959D and 960A, Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 199–207. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.045.1998

Ask, M., 1998. In situ stress at the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana marginal ridge from FMS logging in Hole 959D. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 209–223. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.026.1998

Basile, C., Ginet, J.M., and Pezard, P., 1998. Post-tectonic subsidence of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana marginal ridge: insights from FMS data. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 81–91. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.005.1998

Basile, C., Mascle, J., Benkhelil, J., and Bouillin, J.-P., 1998. Geodynamic evolution of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin: an overview of Leg 159 results. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 101–110. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.048.1998

Bellier, J.-P., 1998. Cretaceous planktonic foraminifers, eastern equatorial Atlantic. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 335–345. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.014.1998

Benkhelil, J., Guiraud, M., and Paccolat, J., 1998. Décollement structures along the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 25–33. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.008.1998

Benkhelil, J., Mascle, J., and Guiraud, M., 1998. Sedimentary and structural characteristics of the Cretaceous along the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin and in the Benue Trough: a comparison. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 93–99. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.007.1998

Benkhelil, J., Mascle, J., and Huguen, C., 1998. Deformation patterns and tectonic regimes of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin as deduced from Leg 159 results. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 13–23. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.006.1998

Bignot, G., 1998. Middle Eocene benthic foraminifers from Holes 960A and 960C, central Atlantic Ocean. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 433–444. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.017.1998

Bouillin, J.-P., Poupeau, G., Basile, C., Labrin, E., and Mascle, J., 1998. Thermal constraints on the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin: evidence from apatite fission tracks. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 43–48. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.047.1998

Clift, P.D., Carter, A., and Hurford, A.J., 1998. Apatite fission track analysis of Sites 959 and 960 on the transform continental margin of Ghana, West Africa. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 35–41. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.004.1998

Edwards, R.A., 1998. Integration of seismic reflection, physical properties, and downhole logging data. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 225–240. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.028.1998

Erbacher, J., 1998. Mid-Cretaceous radiolarians from the eastern equatorial Atlantic and their paleoceanography. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 363–373. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.037.1998

Giresse, P., Gadel, F., Serve, L., and Barusseau, J.P., 1998. Indicators of climate and sediment-source variations at Site 959: implications for the reconstruction of paleoenvironments in the Gulf of Guinea through Pleistocene times. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 585–603. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.041.1998

Gonçalves, C.A., 1998. Lithologic interpretation of downhole logging data from the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin: a statistical approach. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 157–170. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.031.1998

Gonçalves, C.A., and Ewert, L., 1998. Evaluation of the geochemical logging data in Hole 959D: Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 171–179. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.032.1998

Guernet, C., 1998. Neogene and Pleistocene ostracodes, Sites 959 and 960, Gulf of Guinea. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 525–531. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.019.1998

Hisada, K., Arai, S., and Yamaguchi, T., 1998. Detrital chromian spinels from Site 960 in the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 133–139. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.003.1998

Hisada, K., Kajiwara, Y., and Yamaguchi, T., 1998. Sulfur-isotope studies of upper Albian sediments at the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 125–131. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.011.1998

Holbourn, A.E.L., and Kuhnt, W., 1998. Turonian–Santonian benthic foraminifer assemblages from Site 959D (Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin, equatorial Atlantic): indication of a Late Cretaceous oxygen minimum zone. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 375–387. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.038.1998

Holbourn, A.E.L., and Moullade, M., 1998. Lower Cretaceous benthic foraminifer assemblages, equatorial Atlantic: biostratigraphic, paleoenvironmental, and paleobiogeographic significance. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 347–362. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.033.1998

Holmes, M.A., 1998. Thermal diagenesis of Cretaceous sediment recovered at the Côte d'Ivoire Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 53–70. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.001.1998

Janik, A.G., Hood, J.A., and Ask, M., 1998. Physical properties data at Hole 959D: comparison of core and log measurements and a proposed revision of lithologic units. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 241–249. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.044.1998

Kuhnt, W., Moullade, M., and Kaminski, M., 1998. Upper Cretaceous, K/T boundary, and Paleocene agglutinated foraminifers from Hole 959D (Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin). In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 389–411. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.039.1998

Lespinasse, M.C., Leroy, J.L., Pironon, J., and Boiron, M.-C., 1998. The paleofluids from the marginal ridge of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin (Hole 960A) as thermal indicators. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 49–52. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.043.1998

Lévy, A., Mathieu, R., Poignant, A., and Rosset-Moulinier, M., 1998. Data report: distribution of Pleistocene benthic foraminifers from the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 605–610. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.020.1998

Marcano, M.C., Lohmann, K.C., and Pickett, E.A., 1998. Uplift and exposure history of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin: geochemistry of pore-filling and fracture vein calcites. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 71–79. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.010.1998

Masure, E., Rauscher, R., Dejax, J., Schuler, M., and Ferré, B., 1998. Cretaceous–Paleocene palynology from the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin, Sites 959, 960, 961, and 962. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 253–276. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.040.1998

Morita, S., and Taira, A., 1998. Magnetic fabric analysis of sediments from the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 189–197. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.042.1998

Moullade, M., Watkins, D.K., Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Bellier, J.-P., Masure, E., Holbourn, A.E.L., Erbacher, J., Kuhnt, W., Pletsch, T., Kaminski, M.A., Rauscher, R., Shafik, S., Yepes, O., Dejax, J., Gregg, J.M., Shin, I.C., and Schuler, M., 1998. Mesozoic biostratigraphic, paleoenvironmental, and paleobiogeographic synthesis, equatorial Atlantic. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 481–490. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.049.1998

Norris, R.D., 1998. Miocene–Pliocene surface-water hydrography of the eastern equatorial Atlantic. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 539–555. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.021.1998

Norris, R.D., 1998. Planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy: eastern equatorial Atlantic. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 445–479. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.036.1998

Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Yepes, O., and Gregg, J.M., 1998. Palynostratigraphy, palynofacies, and thermal maturation of Cretaceous–Paleocene sediments from the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 277–318. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.016.1998

Pickett, E.A., and Allerton, S., 1998. Structural observations from the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 3–11. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.002.1998

Pletsch, T., 1998. Origin of lower Eocene palygorskite clays in the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin, eastern equatorial Atlantic. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 141–156. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.012.1998

Ravizza, G., 1998. Osmium-isotope geochemistry of Site 959: implications for Re-Os sedimentary geochronology and reconstruction of past variations in the Os-isotopic composition of seawater. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 181–186. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.035.1998

Schellpeper, M.E., and Watkins, D.K., 1998. Oligocene to early Miocene silicoflagellates from the Ivorian Basin, eastern equatorial Atlantic, Site 959. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 493–508. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.025.1998

Shafik, S., Watkins, D.K., and Shin, I.C., 1998. Calcareous nannofossil Paleogene biostratigraphy, Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana marginal ridge, eastern equatorial Atlantic. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 413–431. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.015.1998

Shafik, S., Watkins, D.K., and Shin, I.C., 1998. Upper Cenozoic calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy, Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana margin, eastern equatorial Atlantic. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 509–523. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.022.1998

Shin, I.C., 1998. Pliocene–Pleistocene paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic history of Site 959, eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 575–583. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.046.1998

Shin, I.C., Shafik, S., and Watkins, D.K., 1998. High-resolution Pliocene–Pleistocene biostratigraphy of Site 959, eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 533–538. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.024.1998

Strand, K., 1998. Sedimentary facies and sediment composition changes in response to tectonics of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 113–123. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.009.1998

Wagner, T., 1998. Pliocene–Pleistocene deposition of carbonate and organic carbon at Site 959: paleoenvironmental implications for the eastern equatorial Atlantic off the Ivory Coast/Ghana. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 557–574. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.018.1998

Watkins, D.K., Shafik, S., and Shin, I.C., 1998. Calcareous nannofossils from the Cretaceous of the Deep Ivorian Basin. In Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 319–333. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.159.013.1998

Journals/Books (notify us)

Beckmann, B., Floegel, S., Hofmann, P., Schulz, M., and Wagner, T., 2005. Orbital forcing of Cretaceous river discharge in tropical Africa and ocean response. Nature (London, U.K.), 437(7506):241–244. doi:10.1038/nature03976

Beckmann, B., Hofmann, P., März, C., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., and Wagner, T., 2008. Coniacian–Santonian deep ocean anoxia/euxinia inferred from molecular and inorganic markers: results from the Demerara Rise (ODP Leg 207). Org. Geochem., 39(8):1092–1096. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.03.019

Beckmann, B., Wagner, T., and Hofmann, P., 2005. Linking Coniacian–Santonian (OAE3) black-shale deposition to African climate variability: a reference section from the eastern tropical Atlantic at orbital time scales (ODP Site 959, off Ivory Coast and Ghana). In Harris, N.B. (Ed.), The Deposition of Organic-carbon-rich Sediments: Models, Mechanisms, and Consequences. Spec. Publ.—SEPM (Soc. Sediment. Geol.), 82:125–143.

Floegel, S., and Wagner, T., 2006. Insolation-control on the Late Cretaceous hydrological cycle and tropical African climate—global climate modelling linked to marine climate records. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 235(1–3):288–304. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.034

Flögel, S., Beckmann, B., Hofmann, P., Bornemann, A., Westerhold, T., Norris, R.D., Dullo, C., and Wagner, T., 2008. Evolution of tropical watersheds and continental hydrology during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse: impact on marine carbon burial and possible implications for the future. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 274(1–2):1–13. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.011

Giresse, P., and Wiewióra, A., 2001. Stratigraphic condensed deposition and diagenetic evolution of green clay minerals in deep water sediments on the Ivory Coast-Ghana Ridge. Mar. Geol., 179(1–2):51–70. doi:10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00193-1

Hofmann, P., Wagner, T., and Beckmann, B., 2003. Millennial- to centennial-scale record of African climate variability and organic carbon accumulation in the Coniacian Santonian eastern tropical Atlantic (Ocean Drilling Program Site 959, off Ivory Coast and Ghana). Geology, 31(2):135–138. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0135:MTCSRO>2.0.CO;2

Holbourn, A., Kuhnt, W., and Soeding, E., 2001. Atlantic paleobathymetry, paleoproductivity and paleocirculation in the late Albian: the benthic foraminiferal record. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 170(3–4):171–196. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00223-1

Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Yepes, O., and ODP Leg 159 Scientific Party, 1997. Palynofacies analysis of sediments from the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana transform margin: preliminary correlation with some regional events in the Equatorial Atlantic. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 129(3–4):291–314. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00125-3

Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., Hoffmeister, A., and Christfield, R., 1999. Cyclical distribution of dispersed organic matter and dinocysts, ODP Site 959 (early Oligocene–early Miocene, Côte D'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin). Palynology, 23(1):87–96. doi:10.1080/01916122.1999.9989523

Pletch, T., Erbacher, J., Holbourn, A.E.L., Kuhnt, W., Moullade, M., Oboh-Ikuenobede, F.E., Söding, E., and Wagner, T., 2001. Cretaceous separation of Africa and South America: the view from the West African margin (ODP Leg 159). J. South Am. Earth Sci., 14(2):147–174. doi:10.1016/S0895-9811(01)00020-7

Ravizza, G., and Paquay, F., 2008. Os isotope chemostratigraphy applied to organic-rich marine sediments from the Eocene-Oligocene transition on the West African margin (ODP Site 959). Paleoceanography, 23(2):PA2204. doi:10.1029/2007PA001460

Schumacher, S., and Lazarus, D., 2004. Regional differences in pelagic productivity in the late Eocene to early Oligocene—a comparison of southern high latitudes and lower latitudes. In Kiessling, W., and Lazarus, D. (Eds.), Mesozoic–Cenozoic Bioevents, Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 214(3):243–263. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.06.018

Wagner, T., 2002. Late Cretaceous to early Quaternary organic sedimentation in the eastern Equatorial Atlantic. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 179(1–2):113–147. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00415-1

Wagner, T., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Hofmann, P., and Beckmann, B., 2004. Euxinia and primary production in Late Cretaceous eastern equatorial Atlantic surface waters fostered orbitally driven formation of marine black shales. Paleoceanography, 19(3):PA3009. doi:10.1029/2003PA000898

Wagreich, M., 2012. “OAE 3”—regional Atlantic organic carbon burial during the Coniacian–Santonian. Clim. Past., 8:1447–1455. doi:10.5194/cp-8-1447-2012

Conferences (notify us)

Workshop on Cretaceous Climate and Ocean Dynamics 2002

Wagner, T., 2002. Coniacian-Santonian (OAE3) black shale formation and African climate variability: a reference section from the eastern tropical Atlantic at orbital time scales (ODP Site 959, off Ivory Coast/Ghana) [Workshop on Cretaceous Climate and Ocean Dynamics, Florissant, CO, 14–17 July 2002]. http://cis.whoi.edu/science/GG/ccod/viewAbstracts.cfm?RefNumber=19725538

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