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paleoceanography

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paleoceanography [¦pāl·ē·ō·shə′näg·rə·fē]
(oceanography)
The study of the history of the circulation, chemistry, biogeography, fertility, and sedimentation of the oceans.


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These analyses are reported in six Nature papers and a special volume of Paleoceanography (Brinkhuis et al.
The organic geochemistry of Cretaceous black shales (DSDP leg 41) in comparison to modern upwelling sediments from the Gulf of California // North Atlantic Paleoceanography / N.
However, the team reports in the January Paleoceanography that instruments on the probe measured currents strong enough to bring in microplankton that form the base of the site's food chain.
 
 
 
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