Full Title: Cenozoic history and paleoceanography of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean: A regional synthesis of Deep Sea Drilling Project data
Authors: Tjeerd H. Van Andel, G. Ross Heath, and T.C. Moore Jr.
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This study has three distinct but interrelated objectives: to prepare a geological synthesis of Deep Sea Drilling Project data from the central equatorial Pacific Ocean, to interpret this information in terms of the paleoceanographic history of this region, and to evaluate the usefulness of drill data and develop procedures and strategies for future studies of this kind. The investigation is based on primary data contained in the Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and is supported by information from surface cores. The principal data used are the biostratigraphy, lithology, carbonate content, bulk density, and porosity of the cores. From these properties, sedimentation rates, carbonate and carbonate-free accumulation rates, and paleobathymetric histories of the drill sites were derived with the aid of Berggren's chronology. Paleopositions of the drill sites and surface cores were determined from rotation parameters of the Pacific and Cocos plates.
Published: 3/01/1975
ISBN Number: 0-8137-1143-6
Pages: 134
Product Category: Memoirs