| Abstract: | Of 31 deep-sea cores collected along the central California continental slope, 18 have distinctly laminated sediment at depth. The cores with laminated facies are restricted to water depths between 508 and 1508 m. 14C dates yield an extrapolated age of 4700 B.P. for the top of the uppermost laminated unit. Comparisons of the diatom flora in the laminated couplets with diatom floras in a 13-month sediment-trap record suggest that the laminations are varvelike couplets of seasonal sedimentation. The laminated facies represent a period from the last global deglaciaton to early Holocene when the oxygen-minimum zone along the northeastern Pacific Ocean was stronger than at present. A stronger oxygen-minimum zone during this time is inferred to be the result of intensified upwelling. -from Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Gardner, J. V.; Hemphill-Haley, E. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Evidence for a stronger oxygen-minimum zone off central California during late Pleistocene to early Holocene.; 1986; Article; Journal; Geology; Gardner, J. V.; Hemphill-Haley, E. |
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| Citation Volume: | 14 |
| Citation Year: | 1986 |
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| Text: | Evidence for a stronger oxygen-minimum zone off central California during late Pleistocene to early Holocene.; 1986; Article; Journal; Geology; Gardner, J. V.; Hemphill-Haley, E. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 1986 00:00 -0600 |
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