Eocene/Oligocene paleoceanography from ODP Hole 113-689B and Hole 113-690B ...

• Main Author: Diester-Haass, Lieselotte
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1991
• Subjects: Drilling/drill rig; Leg113; Joides Resolution; Ocean Drilling Program ODP; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.759819; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.759819

Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene sediments from near the crest (Site 689B, water depth 2080 m) and flank (water depth 2914 m) of the Maud Rise (62°S) have been investigated by coarse fraction analysis and have revealed the following:(1) The middle Eocene (50-40 Ma) was a period of pure carbonate sedi...