Estimates of Cenozoic Oceanic Sedimentation Rates

Abstract

Estimation of average Cenozoic sedimentation rates for the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans indicates global synchronous fluctuations. Paleocene-early Eocene and late Eocene-early Miocene rates are only a fraction of middle Eocene and middle Miocene-Recent rates. These changes must reflect significantly different modes of continental weathering, which may be due to alternate states of atmospheric circulation marked by reduction of global precipitation.

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CenozoicSedimentationGeologyPrecipitationOceanographyPaleontologyWeatheringSedimentGeographyStructural basin

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Year: 1977
Type: article
Volume: 197
Issue: 4298
Pages: 53-55
Citations: 126
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                                    Thomas A. Davies, 
                                
                                    William W. Hay, 
                                
                                    John R. Southam
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1977). 
                            Estimates of Cenozoic Oceanic Sedimentation Rates. 
                            Science
                            , 197
                            (4298)
                            , 53-55.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.197.4298.53
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/science.197.4298.53