South Atlantic Paleoceanography

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South Atlantic Paleoceanography Editors: K. J. Hsu, H. J. Weissert Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: Cambridge University Press
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Pages: 364 Illustrations and other contents: Worked examples or Exercises Language: English ISBN: 9780521129732 Category:

Paleoceanography is the science dealing with the history of the oceans. Originally published in 1985, this book describes what had been found out during the previous decade about the past 100 million years of the history of the South Atlantic Ocean, thanks largely to drilling by Glomar Challenger during five expeditions in 1980. Palaeotemperature studies provided a history of climatic variations, geochemistry of carbon isotopes provided information on fertility of planktonic organisms and the intensity of oceanic overturns, while correlation of sediment character to changes in oceanic chemistry and fertility permitted interpretations of the variation of the level at which fossil skeletons became dissolved. All the authors were experts and most took part in the 1980 expeditions to the South Atlantic. This book brought together the results of the major discoveries in one volume and was the first modern regional synthesis of ocean history.

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