McCartney abstract Ahlbach, W. J.* and McCartney, K. (1992): Sponge spicules from Ocean Drilling Program Hole 749B. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Reports, 120:833-837. *William Ahlbach did this work as an undergraduate student at the University of Maine.



Siliceous sponge spicules are present and often diverse in sediments drilled by Ocean Drilling Program Leg 120. The sponge spicule assemblages are tabulated for Holes 748A and 748B. Neogene assemblages consist mostly of monaxons, whereas chelae, amphidiscs, discorhabds, polyaxons and other spicules assemblages are often abundant in middle Eocene to upper Oligocene assemblages.



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