Abstract. Late Miocene to Pliocene sediments from the NW Australian shelf, drilled by International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 356, provide unique records of paleoclimatic variations under warmer-than-present conditions. During period 6 3.5 Ma, area was dominated warm, tropical waters supplied an intensified, uninterrupted Indonesian throughflow and characterised prevailing humid...

Abstract. The Rashrashiyah Formation of the Sirhan Basin in northern Saudi Arabia contains diverse assemblages planktonic foraminifera. We examined biostratigraphy, stratigraphic range and preservation upper Eocene Assemblages are well-preserved diverse, with 40 species 11 genera. All samples assigned to Priabonian Globigerinatheka semiinvoluta Highest Occurrence Zone (E14), consistent calcareo...

Siliceous sedimentary rocks of Tertiary age were recovered at three of the nine sites drilled during Leg 31 (Table 1). Only relatively small amounts of lithified material were retrieved, but these rocks are particularly interesting because they include three distinct types of siliceous rock and because each type occurs with a distinct sediment lithology. The kinds of rocks sampled are (with lit...