georefid:2003-057041SEDIS Publication Catalogueana.macario@awi.dehttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2011-06-23T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=2003-057041<gco:CharacterString>Environmental history of the south-eastern South Atlantic since the middle Miocene; evidence from the sedimentological records of ODP Sites 1088 and 1092</gco:CharacterString>2003-01-01publicationgeorefid:2003-057041Diekmann, BernhardAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Federal Republic of GermanyauthorFaelker, MareikeauthorKuhn, GerhardauthorInternational Association of Sedimentologists, InternationalpublisherdocumentHardcopySedimentology50 (3)511-529During Leg 177 of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), well-preserved middle Miocene to Pleistocene carbonate-rich sediment records were recovered on a north-south transect through the southeastern Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean at Site 1088 on the Agulhas Ridge and Site 1092 on Meteor Rise. Both sites were dominated by the deposition of calcareous nannofossil oozes through the Miocene, indicating low biological productivity in warm to temperate surface waters. (modified journ. abst.)completedStratigraphyalgaeAntarctic ice sheetAntarcticaAtlantic Oceancarbonate rocksCenozoicCircum-Antarctic Opal Beltclay mineralsdeep-water environmentForaminiferaglacial environmentglaciomarine environmentInvertebrataisotope ratiosisotopesLeg 177marine environmentmicrofossilsmiddle MioceneMiocenenannofossilsNeogeneO-18/O-16Ocean Drilling ProgramODP Site 1088ODP Site 1092oxygenpaleo-oceanographypaleoenvironmentPlantaePleistoceneproductivityProtistaQuaternarysedimentary rockssedimentationsedimentation ratessheet silicatessilicatesSouth AtlanticSouthern Oceanstable isotopesTertiaryunconformitiesupwellingurn:org.iodp:exp:177urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignurn:org.iodp:exp:177:site:1088urnlargerWorkCitationstudyurn:org.iodp:exp:177urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignurn:org.iodp:exp:177:site:1092urnlargerWorkCitationstudyurn:org.iodp:exp:177urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignEnglishgeoscientificInformation7.044813.3346-46.2442-41.0810