PELAGIC SEDIMENT, DEEP WATER CHEMISTRY, AND TECTONICS: AN APPLICATION OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN
The distribution of biogenic silica in pelagic sediment enables us to demonstrate that the Central American isthmus shoaled from 35 to 15 MA, gradually stopping the transfer of dissolved silica in intermediate ocean water into the Caribbean. Between 15 and 4.2 MA it continued to shoal, but during...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:45457502ce75414f9ffe981a2bdf6fcf 2023-08-27T04:10:35+02:00 PELAGIC SEDIMENT, DEEP WATER CHEMISTRY, AND TECTONICS: AN APPLICATION OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN THOMAS W. DONNELLY 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/9031 https://doaj.org/article/45457502ce75414f9ffe981a2bdf6fcf EN eng Milano University Press https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/9031 https://doaj.org/toc/0035-6883 https://doaj.org/toc/2039-4942 0035-6883 2039-4942 doi:10.13130/2039-4942/9031 https://doaj.org/article/45457502ce75414f9ffe981a2bdf6fcf Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 96, Iss 2-3 (2017) Pelagic sediment Biogenic silica Central American isthmus Tectonic history Geology QE1-996.5 Paleontology QE701-760 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/9031 2023-08-06T00:43:21Z The distribution of biogenic silica in pelagic sediment enables us to demonstrate that the Central American isthmus shoaled from 35 to 15 MA, gradually stopping the transfer of dissolved silica in intermediate ocean water into the Caribbean. Between 15 and 4.2 MA it continued to shoal, but during this interval the effective transfer of silica had ceased. A barrier existed at 40 MA between the west Atlantic and the Caribbean, probably on the site of the present Lesser Antilles - Aves Ridge. This barrier prevented the transfer of silica to the western Atlantic at the time of the removal of Atlantic intermediate and deep water silica by the newly formed North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). The barrier was breached at about 19 MA, enabling silica from the Caribbean to penetrate at least to a few hundred km east of the Lesser Antilles (Site 543 DSDP). Article in Journal/Newspaper NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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Pelagic sediment Biogenic silica Central American isthmus Tectonic history Geology QE1-996.5 Paleontology QE701-760 THOMAS W. DONNELLY PELAGIC SEDIMENT, DEEP WATER CHEMISTRY, AND TECTONICS: AN APPLICATION OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN |
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The distribution of biogenic silica in pelagic sediment enables us to demonstrate that the Central American isthmus shoaled from 35 to 15 MA, gradually stopping the transfer of dissolved silica in intermediate ocean water into the Caribbean. Between 15 and 4.2 MA it continued to shoal, but during this interval the effective transfer of silica had ceased. A barrier existed at 40 MA between the west Atlantic and the Caribbean, probably on the site of the present Lesser Antilles - Aves Ridge. This barrier prevented the transfer of silica to the western Atlantic at the time of the removal of Atlantic intermediate and deep water silica by the newly formed North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). The barrier was breached at about 19 MA, enabling silica from the Caribbean to penetrate at least to a few hundred km east of the Lesser Antilles (Site 543 DSDP). |
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PELAGIC SEDIMENT, DEEP WATER CHEMISTRY, AND TECTONICS: AN APPLICATION OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN |
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PELAGIC SEDIMENT, DEEP WATER CHEMISTRY, AND TECTONICS: AN APPLICATION OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN |
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PELAGIC SEDIMENT, DEEP WATER CHEMISTRY, AND TECTONICS: AN APPLICATION OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN |
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PELAGIC SEDIMENT, DEEP WATER CHEMISTRY, AND TECTONICS: AN APPLICATION OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN |
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PELAGIC SEDIMENT, DEEP WATER CHEMISTRY, AND TECTONICS: AN APPLICATION OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN |
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pelagic sediment, deep water chemistry, and tectonics: an application of the history of biological sediment accumulation on the tectonic history of the caribbean |
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