Drilling and Dating New Jersey Oligocene-Miocene Sequences: Ice Volume, Global Sea Level, and Exxon Records
Oligocene to middle Miocene sequence boundaries on the New Jersey coastal plain (Ocean Drilling Project Leg 150X) and continental slope (Ocean Drilling Project Leg 150) were dated by integrating strontium isotopic stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy (planktonic foraminifera, nanno...
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craaas:10.1126/science.271.5252.1092 2024-06-23T07:56:16+00:00 Drilling and Dating New Jersey Oligocene-Miocene Sequences: Ice Volume, Global Sea Level, and Exxon Records Miller, Kenneth G. Mountain, Gregory S. 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.271.5252.1092 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.271.5252.1092 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 271, issue 5252, page 1092-1095 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1996 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.271.5252.1092 2024-06-13T04:01:03Z Oligocene to middle Miocene sequence boundaries on the New Jersey coastal plain (Ocean Drilling Project Leg 150X) and continental slope (Ocean Drilling Project Leg 150) were dated by integrating strontium isotopic stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy (planktonic foraminifera, nannofossils, dinocysts, and diatoms). The ages of coastal plain unconformities and slope seismic reflectors (unconformities or stratal breaks with no discernible hiatuses) match the ages of global δ 18 O increases (inferred glacioeustatic lowerings) measured in deep-sea sites. These correlations confirm a causal link between coastal plain and slope sequence boundaries: both formed during global sea-level lowerings. The ages of New Jersey sequence boundaries and global δ 18 O increases also correlate well with the Exxon Production Research sea-level records of Haq et al . and Vail et al ., validating and refining their compilations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Planktonic foraminifera AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 271 5252 1092 1095 |
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Oligocene to middle Miocene sequence boundaries on the New Jersey coastal plain (Ocean Drilling Project Leg 150X) and continental slope (Ocean Drilling Project Leg 150) were dated by integrating strontium isotopic stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy (planktonic foraminifera, nannofossils, dinocysts, and diatoms). The ages of coastal plain unconformities and slope seismic reflectors (unconformities or stratal breaks with no discernible hiatuses) match the ages of global δ 18 O increases (inferred glacioeustatic lowerings) measured in deep-sea sites. These correlations confirm a causal link between coastal plain and slope sequence boundaries: both formed during global sea-level lowerings. The ages of New Jersey sequence boundaries and global δ 18 O increases also correlate well with the Exxon Production Research sea-level records of Haq et al . and Vail et al ., validating and refining their compilations. |
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Drilling and Dating New Jersey Oligocene-Miocene Sequences: Ice Volume, Global Sea Level, and Exxon Records |
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Drilling and Dating New Jersey Oligocene-Miocene Sequences: Ice Volume, Global Sea Level, and Exxon Records |
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Drilling and Dating New Jersey Oligocene-Miocene Sequences: Ice Volume, Global Sea Level, and Exxon Records |
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Drilling and Dating New Jersey Oligocene-Miocene Sequences: Ice Volume, Global Sea Level, and Exxon Records |
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Drilling and Dating New Jersey Oligocene-Miocene Sequences: Ice Volume, Global Sea Level, and Exxon Records |
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drilling and dating new jersey oligocene-miocene sequences: ice volume, global sea level, and exxon records |
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