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The climate of the Eocene ocean
Abstract
Oxygen isotope palaeotemperature estimates are presented for a number of deep sea sediment samples of Eocene age, covering a wide geographical area. These are plotted on a geographical reconstruction for 50 Ma. The latitudinal temperature gradient at that time was less than half its present value: surface temperature at high latitudes was about 10°C, and at low latitudes little over 20°C. It is concluded that Ocean currents must have contributed a greater proportion of the poleward transport of heat than they do at present.
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- Authors
- Shackleton, N., & Boersma, A.
- Venue
- Journal of the Geological Society
- Publisher
- Geological Society of London
- Published
- 1981-03
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 153-157
- ISSN
- 0016-7649 (ISSN-L)
- 2041-479X
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- W2156206912
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- 177
- References
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- FWCI
- 4.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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