Abstract
Analysis of the planktonic foraminifers recovered from 1-SCS-2 drill-hole, Florianópolis platform (Pelotas Basin, southern Brazilian Atlantic Margin), allowed recognition of the Catapsydrax dissimilis, Catapsydrax stainforthi, Globorotalia fohsi robusta, Globorotalia mayeri, Globorotalia margaritae evoluta and Globigerinoides trilobus fistulosus Miocene and Pliocene zones and four important hiatuses. Correlation with well 1-SCS-3B and other zonal schemes, as well as recognition of early diagenesis instead of a reworking process, allowed confident age assignment. The Miocene foraminifers constitute a tropical/sub-tropical assemblage, whereas in the Pliocene, the presence of scarce species associated to subantarctic water masses suggests that the Malvinas Current reaches the area but it was not a controlling factor in the paleoenvironmental conditions.
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