Sea-Floor Spreading, Carbonate Dissolution Level, and the Nature of Horizon A

Evidence from leg 2 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project suggests a constant spreading rate for the floor of the North Atlantic over the past 80 million years; a major lowering of the carbonate dissolution level during the early Pliocene; and an early to middle Eocene age for horizon A.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science
Main Author: Gartner, Stefan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1970
Subjects:
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3950.1077
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.169.3950.1077
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Summary:Evidence from leg 2 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project suggests a constant spreading rate for the floor of the North Atlantic over the past 80 million years; a major lowering of the carbonate dissolution level during the early Pliocene; and an early to middle Eocene age for horizon A.

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