PELAGIC SEDIMENT, DEEP WATER CHEMISTRY, AND TECTONICS: AN APPLICATION OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN

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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Main Author: THOMAS W. DONNELLY
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2017-08-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Pelagic sediment
Biogenic silica
Central American isthmus
Tectonic history
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/9031

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