Collection K.R. Brown

Reference collection to the PhD dissertation of Brown, K.R. (2007). Biogeographic and morphological variation in late Pleistocene to Holocene globorotalid foraminifera. PhD thesis, University of Basel, 128 p.Printed copy and 1 CD-Rom containing electronic (pdf-file) of thesis.

Collection of picked slides, washed residues, splits, documentations to the above PhD dissertation.

Digital images, data and measurements are electronically archived (as by 6th August 2013) at the NMB (Archiv- und Medienserver) under 05-WISSENSCHAFTEN-ARCHIV/MIKROPALAEONTOLOGIE/DISS_BROWN_2007

Standort


The collection consists of 7 metal trays:
Coll. Brown, K.R.(2007), Trays (I) to (II) - Caribbean area:
Multiple field slides with imaged specimens and or assemblages, and picked specimens in Fema-cells, sorted by different size-fractions, species, crusting-non crusting from the Caribbean area. Most of the tray contain the fractions from one sample.

Gulf of Mexico (2 trays)
RC10-264 (1 tray)
RC12-21 (1 tray)
VM28-118 (1 tray)
VM21-14 (1 tray)
So164-2-3 (1 tray)
So164-24-3 (1 tray)
DSDP Leg 68, Site 502 (1.5 trays)
DSDP Leg 96, Site 621 (1.5 tray)
ODP Leg 165, Site 998 (2 trays)
ODP Leg 165, Site 999 (1 tray)
ODP Leg 165, Site 1000 (1 tray)

Additional material in Tray (II):

One envelope with 3 DVD's produced by Kevin Brown while visiting Natural History Museum London, UK, to illustrate menardiform types of the Blow collection held at NHM London, including a reference list to the Blow's publication (these data are also deposited at the Archiv- und Medienserver of the NMB under 05-WISSENSCHAFTEN-ARCHIV/MIKROPALAEONTOLOGIE/DISS_BROWN_2007).
A xerox copy of the thesis.



Coll. Brown, K.R.(2007), Tray (III) - Indian Ocean, Pacific, and Atlantic:
Multiple field slides and picked specimens in Fema-cells containing imaged and analysed specimens from the Indian Ocean (2 trays), Pacific Ocean (3 trays), and the Atlantic Ocean (4 trays). Two boxes containing SEM preparations used in the thesis.



Coll. Brown, K.R.(2007), Tray (IV) - Washed & processed sample splits, that were used for the PhD study from the China Sea, Indian Ocean and Pacific. Splits from the same sample are kept in plastic bags.


Coll. Brown, K.R.(2007), Tray (V) - Washed & processed sample splits, that were used for the PhD study from the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean area. Splits from the same sample are kept in plastic bags.


Coll. Brown, K.R.(2007), Tray (VI) - Washed sample splits, not used for the PhD study. Splits from the same sample are kept in plastic bags.

Included are Holocene core top samples from the following material out of the DSDP/ODP MRC collection (kept in extra cardboard box):

ODP 182-1126B-1-1, 0-15cm, >125µm, 125-63µm, <63µm
ODP 182-1127A-1-1, 0-15cm, >125µm, 125-63µm, <63µm
ODP 182-1129C-1-1, 0-15cm, >125µm, 125-63µm, <63µm
ODP 184-1143A-1-1, 0-15cm, >125µm, 125-63µm, <63µm
ODP 184-1145A-1-1, 0-15cm, >125µm, 125-63µm, <63µm
ODP 184-1146A-1-1, 0-15cm, >125µm, 125-63µm, <63µm
ODP 189-1168A-1-1, 0-15cm, >125µm, 125-63µm, <63µm
ODP 189-1171C-1-1, 0-15cm, >125µm, 125-63µm, <63µm
ODP 189-1172A-1-1, 0-15cm, >125µm, 125-63µm, <63µm


Coll. Brown, K.R.(2007), Tray (VII) - Detailed documentation to samples used for the PhD thesis (processing steps, sample descriptions, digital imaging, and additional samples.

One white folder with general data: Sample maps, Raw data on CD-Roms (MacOS formatted, also archived at the Archiv- und Medienserver of the NMB under 05-WISSENSCHAFTEN-ARCHIV/MIKROPALAEONTOLOGIE/DISS_BROWN_2007), sample lists, observation sheets, species.

One red folder with detailed info to picked samples.

One tray containing picked specimens for experiments (imaging, dissection, etc) and with imaged specimens shown on posters produced by Kevin Brown.

One box with various splits of test sample provided by Barbara Donner "Planktische Foraminiferen Karibik, Wassertiefe 2900m, Rezent".