Paleontologic Technique for Defining Ancient Ocean Currents

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 du...

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Published in:Science
Main Author: Stehli, F. G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1965
Subjects:
Planktonic foraminifera
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.148.3672.943.b
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.148.3672.943.b
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Summary: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.

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