Author: Wendy Jean FuegglePublisher:
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Languages : en
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Pleistocene Planktonic Foraminifera from the Tropical South-west Pacific
Author: Wendy Jean FueggleInitial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project
Author: Scripps Institution of OceanographyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Submarine geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project
Author: A Turbid Tale
Author: Antony WyattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Author: MARGO
Author: M. KuceraPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780080447025
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
MARGO - Multiproxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean surface summarizes the results of the MARGO international working group, with the aim to develop an updated and harmonised reconstruction of sea surface temperatures and sea-ice extent of the Last Glacial Maximum oceans. The MARGO approach differs from previous efforts by developing and consistently applying measures of various aspects of reconstruction reliability, and by combining faunal and geochemical proxies. In 14 papers, the volume provides a comprehensive review of earlier work and a series of new, proxy-specific reconstructions based on census counts of planktonic foraminifera, diatoms, radiolaria and dinoflagellate cysts as well as on Mg/Ca measurements in planktonic foraminifera. The approach of harmonising the calibration and application of different proxies is described in detail, various paleothermometry techniques and their results are compared and the challenge of treating sparsely sampled data as the basis for ocean circulation models is addressed. The use of stable oxygen isotope composition of foraminiferal shells as a proxy for past sea water composition is comprehensively reassessed, and a new approach to the transfer function paleothermometer is presented. This volume represents a landmark contribution to the understanding of ice-age oceanography as well as the proxies used to reconstruct past ocean states. The results will form the basis for forcing and validation of ocean circulation models. New regional reconstructions of Last Glacial Maximum ocean temperatures and sea ice cover Compilation of new calibration and fossil datasets as well as documentation of techniques and approaches to paleoenvironmental reconstructions Comparison of techniques, proxies and modelling approaches
Evolution and Environment in Tropical America
Author: Jeremy B. C. JacksonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226389424
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
How were the tropical Americas formed? This ambitious volume draws on extensive, multidisciplinary research to develop new views of the geological formation of the isthmus linking North and South America and of the major environmental changes that reshaped the Neotropics to create its present-day marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Recent discoveries show that dramatic changes in climate and ocean circulation can occur very quickly, and that ecological communities respond just as rapidly. Abrupt changes in the composition of fossil assemblages, formerly dismissed as artifacts of a poor fossil record, now are seen as accurate records of swift changes in the composition of ocean communities. The twenty-four contributors use current work in paleontology, geology, oceanography, anthropology, ecology, and evolution to paint this challenging portrait of rapid environmental and evolutionary change. Their conclusions argue for a revision of existing interpretations of the fossil record and the processes—including invading Eurasian peoples—that have produced it.
Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project
Author: Scripps Institution of OceanographyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
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Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program
Author: Ocean Drilling ProgramPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Borings
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
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Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota
Author: Noreen A. BusterPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603442901
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Volume 3 of Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota; a series edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and Sylvia A. Earle A continuation of the landmark scientific reference series from the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 3, Geology provides the most up-to-date, systematic, cohesive, and comprehensive description of the geology of the Gulf of Mexico Basin. The six sections of the book address the geologic history, recent depositional environments, and processes offshore and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Scientific research in the Gulf of Mexico region is continuous, extensive, and has broad-based influence upon scientific, governmental, and educational communities. This volume is a compilation of scientific knowledge from highly accomplished and experienced geologists who have focused most of their careers on gaining a better understanding of the geology of the Gulf of Mexico. Their research, presented in this volume, describes and explains the formation of the Gulf Basin, Holocene stratigraphic and sea-level history, energy resources, coral reefs, and depositional processes that affect and are represented along our Gulf coasts. It provides valuable synthesis and interpretation of what is known about the geology of the Gulf of Mexico. Five years in the making, this monumental compilation is both a lasting record of the current state of knowledge and the starting point for a new millennium of study.