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Oxygen Isotope and Palaeomagnetic Stratigraphy of Equatorial Pacific Core V28-238: Oxygen Isotope Temperatures and Ice Volumes on a 105 Year and 106 Year Scale*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Nicholas John Shackleton  and
Neil D. Opdyke
Nicholas John Shackleton
Affiliation:
Subdepartment of Quaternary Research, University of Cambridge in association with CLIMAP UK.
Neil D. Opdyke
Affiliation:
CLIMAP (Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatories) USA
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Abstract

Core Vema 28-238 preserves an excellent oxygen isotope and magnetic stratigraphy and is shown to contain undisturbed sediments deposited continuously through the past 870,000 yr. Detailed correlation with sequences described by Emiliani in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean is demonstrated. The boundaries of 22 stages representing alternating times of high and low Northern Hemisphere ice volume are recognized and dated. The record is interpreted in terms of Northern Hemisphere ice accumulation, and is used to estimate the range of temperature variation in the Caribbean.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , June 1973 , pp. 39 - 55
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University of Washington

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Contribution No. 1970 of the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatories.

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