Paleotemperature oscillations in the Middle and Late Miocene of the northeastern Pacific.

J. A. Barron, G. Keller

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Abstract

The paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic history has been studied in a N-S transect encompassing DSDP Site 173, the Newport Beach surface section, and DSDP Site 470, based on quantitative diatom and planktic foraminiferal analyses. Fourteen cold and 12 warm events that show close agreement with other microfossil studies as well as oxygen isotope records from low-latitude Pacific sites have been identified. Hiatuses are recognized at 7 to 6.5 Ma, 9.8 to 8.5 Ma, and 12 to 11 Ma at the three reference localities, and they correspond to widely recognized deep-sea hiatuses in the World Ocean.-Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)150-181
Number of pages32
JournalMicropaleontology
Volume29
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1983

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Palaeontology

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