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Planktonic foraminifer census data from type section of Yorktown Formation at Rushmere, Virginia, USA

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2015
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2017

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Dowsett, H.J., and Spivey, W.E., 2021, Planktonic foraminifer census data from type section of Yorktown Formation at Rushmere, Virginia, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QKSO4W.

Summary

Data consist of census counts of Pliocene planktonic foraminifera from the lectostratotype of the Yorktown Formation at Rushmere Virginia, Rice's Pit, Yorktown, and the type section of the Morgarts Beach Member at Morgarts Beach, Virginia. In total, counts of individuals from 12 samples and 25 species are included.

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“Boundary between Rushmere and Morgarts Beach Members of the Yorktown”
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Data were obtained in order to assess the population status of 25 species to inform paleoecological reconstruction during a period of global warming.
Boundary between Rushmere and Morgarts Beach Members of the Yorktown
Boundary between Rushmere and Morgarts Beach Members of the Yorktown

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