Planktonic Foraminifera and Polarity Reversals from New Britain Sediments

Samples from the Rudiger Point-Cape Ruge area in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, challenge previous age assumptions. The data likely contains two age groups of middle and late Miocene, with one sample representing the youngest recognized marine sediment in the region. It was published by Geoscience Australia Data and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Correlating planktonic foraminifera zones with magnetic polarity based on described stratigraphic intervals.
• Re-evaluating the age of marine sequences in New Britain based on the described middle Miocene and late Miocene groupings.
• Dating the youngest recognized marine sediment in New Britain using the described late Pliocene-middle Pleistocene sample.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific geological study challenging previous age assumptions for the Rudiger Point-Cape Ruge area.
• Includes a sample identified as the youngest marine sediment yet recognized in New Britain.
• Last updated metadata indicates a recent review date of 2026-04-20.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific sampling location in New Britain.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Samples collected from the Rudiger Point-Cape Ruge area, New Britain.

Time Range

Middle Miocene to middle Pleistocene

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:15:34.952208; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rudiger Point-Cape Ruge area, New Britain, Papua New Guinea