Planktonic Foraminifera and Sediment Ages from New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Samples from the Rudiger Point-Cape Ruge area in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, are described by the Australian Ocean Data Network. The data includes planktonic foraminifera zones and polarity reversals, indicating the sediments are of middle Miocene, late Miocene, and late Pliocene-middle Pleistocene ages. The dataset was last updated on 2026-06-05.

Use Cases

• Re-evaluating stratigraphic sequences based on described age groups and planktonic foraminifera zones.
• Correlating geomagnetic polarity reversals with biostratigraphic zones like N.18.
• Dating the youngest recognized marine sediments in New Britain using the described late Pliocene-middle Pleistocene sample.

Strengths

• Data provides specific age correlations for geological samples, including planktonic zones N.21 and N.22.
• Identifies the youngest recognized marine sediment in New Britain from sample NG34B.
• Last updated date is precisely recorded as 2026-06-05 07:10:58.894461.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Middle Miocene to middle Pleistocene

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 07:10:58.894461; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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