South Atlantic Paleoceanography [Paperback]

Describes the findings made in the late 1970s and 80s about the history of the South Atlantic Ocean.Originally published in 1985, this book describes what had been discovered during the previous decade about the history of the South Atlantic Ocean, thanks largely to the Glomar Challenger expeditions in 1980. Written by experts who were almost all expedition participants, it was the first modern regional synthesis of ocean history.Originally published in 1985, this book describes what had been discovered during the previous decade about the history of the South Atlantic Ocean, thanks largely to the Glomar Challenger expeditions in 1980. Written by experts who were almost all expedition participants, it was the first modern regional synthesis of ocean history.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.List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction K. J. Hs? and H. J. Weissert; 2. Dissolution effects on size distribution of recent planktonic foraminiferal species, South Atlantic Ocean B. Malmgren; 3. Middle and Late Quaternary carbonate production and dissolutiol