georefid:2010-032579SEDIS Publication Catalogueana.macario@awi.dehttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2011-07-06T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=2010-032579<gco:CharacterString>Climate transitions across the Cenozoic; insight from elemental ratios in benthic Foraminifera and marine gastropods</gco:CharacterString>2008-01-01publicationgeorefid:2010-032579isbn:978-1-109-05638-9Sosdian, Sindia MariaauthordocumentHardcopy255 pp.978-1-109-05638-9The Cenozoic climate record derived from the oxygen isotope ratios of benthic foraminifera (delta (super 18) O (sub b) ) displays several short term steps signifying the glaciation of Antarctica and the development and intensification of large scale Northern Hemisphere glaciation, termed hereafter the late Pliocene transition and mid-Pleistocene transition, respectively. The interpretation of the delta (super 18) O (sub b) record, which is controlled by both temperature and the oxygen isotopic composition of seawater is, however, not straightforward. (mod. auth. abst.)completedStratigraphyalkaline earth metalsAntarcticaAtlantic OceancalciumCenozoicchemical ratiosConus ermineusDeep Sea Drilling ProjectDSDP Site 607ForaminiferaGastropodaglacial environmentglacial geologyice sheetsinterglacial environmentInvertebrataIPODisotope ratiosisotopesLeg 94metalsmicrofossilsMid-Atlantic RidgeMolluscaNeogeneNorth AtlanticNortheast AtlanticO-18/O-16oxygenpaleoclimatologypaleoecologypaleotemperaturePleistocenePlioceneProtistaQuaternarySr/Castable isotopesstrontiumTertiaryurn:org.iodp:exp:94urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignurn:org.iodp:exp:94:site:607urnlargerWorkCitationstudyurn:org.iodp:exp:94urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignEnglishgeoscientificInformation-32.5727-32.572641.000441.0005