Seasonal resolution of laminated sediments in Santa Barbara Basin: its significance in paleoclimatic studies
Sediments in Santa Barbara Basin contain microfossil and sedimentological information that allows reconstruction of major features of the California Current such as water temperature, strength of upwelling, and productivity. ... Until now, investigations of Santa Barbara Basin sediments have utilized analytical techniques that could not resolve seasonal laminae, permitting annual resolution of variations in sediment composition and structure only. ... Based on a successful technique for preparation of epoxy-embedded and highly polished thin-sections that permit economical optical and electron microscope evaluation of laminated sequences, it is our long-term goal to reconstruct, with unprecedented detail, the history of sedimentation processes in the Santa Barbara Basin by developing ultra-high-resolution time series of biotic and detrital proxies.
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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| Subjects: | Earth Sciences, Oceanography, PACLIM, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/31493 |
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