Proxies in late cenozoic paleoceanography / edited by Claude Hillaire-Marcel and Anne de Vernal.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Cover -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Scientific Committee -- Methods in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography: Introduction -- 1. Tracers and Proxies in Deep-Sea Records -- 2. Overview of Volume Content -- 3. The Need for Multi-tracers and Multi-Proxy Approaches in Paleoceanography -- 4. From the Geological Record to the Sedimentary Signal and the Properties of the Water Column -- 5. How Far Back in Time are the Proxies Effective? -- 6. New Perspectives and Emerging Proxies -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part 1: Deep-Sea Sediment Properties -- Chapter 1. Deep-Sea Sediment Deposits and Properties Controlled by Currents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sediment Transport and Deposition by Deep-Sea Currents -- 3. Sediment Deposition: Quaternary Records of Flow in Large-Scale Features -- 4. Current Problems and Prospects -- References -- Chapter 2. Continuous Physical Properties of Cored Marine Sediments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Continuous Centimeter-Scale Measurements of Physical Properties -- 3. Continuous Millimeter- to Micrometer-Scale Measurements of Physical Properties -- 4. Recent Applications of Continuous Centimeter- to Millimeter-Scale Physical Properties of Marine Sediments -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3. Magnetic Stratigraphy in Paleoceanography: Reversals, Excursions, Paleointensity, and Secular Variation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Soft Sediment Paleomagnetic Methods -- 4. Magnetometers -- 5. Measurements and Magnetizations -- 6. Data Analysis -- 7. Sediment Magnetism -- 8. Development of Paleomagnetic Records -- 9. The Paleomagnetic Record as a Stratigraphic Tool -- 10. Some Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 4. Clay Minerals, Deep Circulation and Climate -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology: The Clay Toolbox in Marine Sediments -- 3. Applications: Clays as a Proxy for Paleocirculation -- 4. Some Perspectives -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5. Radiocarbon Dating of Deep-Sea Sediments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dating Marine Sediments -- 3. Applications of Marine 14C -- Appendix I -- Internet Resources -- References -- Part 2: Biological Tracers and Biomarkers -- Chapter 6. Planktonic Foraminifera as Tracers of Past Oceanic Environments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Biology and Ecology of Planktonic Foraminifera -- 3. Planktonic Foraminiferal Proxies -- 4. Modifications After Death -- 5. Perspectives -- WWW Resources -- References -- Chapter 7. Paleoceanographical Proxies Based on Deep-Sea Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblage Characteristics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Benthic Foraminiferal Proxies: A State of the Art -- 3. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- 4. Appendix 1 -- References -- Chapter 8. Diatoms: From Micropaleontology to Isotope Geochemistry -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Improvements in Methodologies and Interpretations -- 3. Case Studies -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9. Organic-Walled Dinoflagellate Cysts&#

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The present volume is the first in a series of two books dedicated to the paleoceanography of the Late Cenozoic ocean. The need for an updated synthesis on paleoceanographic science is urgent, owing to the huge and very diversified progress made in this domain during the last decade. In addition, no comprehensive monography still exists in this domain. This is quite incomprehensible in view of the contribution of paleoceanographic research to our present understanding of the dynamics of the climate-ocean system. The focus on the Late Cenozoic ocean responds to two constraints. Firstly, most qu.

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