Paleontologic Technique for Defining Ancient Ocean Currents
- 14 May 1965
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 148 (3672) , 943-946
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.148.3672.943.b
Abstract
Subtraction from the new data, of a quadratic surface fitted to the taxonomic diversity data of recent planktonic foraminifera yields a residual surface closely related to ocean current systems. This technique could be applied to fossil materials to develop knowledge of ocean circulation patterns during glacial and interglacial climatic episodes.Keywords
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