Radiolarian Evidence Consistent with Spreading of the Pacific Floor
- 4 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 157 (3788) , 540-542
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.157.3788.540
Abstract
In sediments west of the East Pacific Rise between the equator and 20°N, Eocene microfossils are recorded no farther east than 134°W; Oligocene, no farther east than 125°W; while Miocene and Pliocene occurrences extend closer to the crest of the rise. This distribution may result from post-Eocene spreading of the sea floor here averaging about 8 centimeters per year.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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