Mesozoic and Cenozoic Oceans

Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
The Surface Ocean Circulation......Page 13
The Thermohaline Circulation......Page 15
Ocean Heat Transport......Page 16
Summary......Page 18
References......Page 19
Introduction......Page 21
Model......Page 22
Numerical scheme......Page 25
Numerical Experiments......Page 26
Results......Page 28
References......Page 35
Modelling of the Quaternary Paleocirculation in the North Atlantic......Page 37
References......Page 42
Introduction......Page 43
Mesozoic Climates......Page 44
Cenozoic Climates......Page 47
Causes of the Glaciation......Page 50
Discussion and Conclusions......Page 54
References......Page 56
Introduction......Page 59
Mechanisms for Changing the Preformed Nutrient Content of the Deep Ocean......Page 60
A Simple Box Model Including Upper Thermocline Processes......Page 61
References......Page 67
Introduction......Page 70
Transgressive-RegressivCey cles in Albian through Maastrichtian Time: A Search for Periodicity......Page 71
The Late Cenomanian-Early Turonian Transgression: Duration and Magnitude......Page 73
Can Sea Floor Processes Account for High-Frequency Sea Level Fluctuations?......Page 77
Economic Implications of Transgressions......Page 80
References......Page 81
The Biotic Record......Page 84
The Sedimentologic Record......Page 88
Cause of Environmental Catastrophe......Page 91
References......Page 92
Introduction......Page 94
The Sedimentary Record......Page 95
The Paleontologic Record......Page 101
Paleoclimate, Paleotectonic Events and Paleocirculation......Page 104
References......Page 106
Stable Isotopes......Page 110
The Deep-Sea Environment......Page 111
The Planktonic Realm......Page 118
Extra-Terrestrial Events at the Eocene-Oligocene Boundary
......Page 120
Summary......Page 123
References......Page 124
Middle Miocene Glaciation......Page 128
Late Miocene Events......Page 130
References......Page 131
Introduction......Page 132
Mediterranean Record......Page 133
References......Page 145
Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy......Page 150
The Carbon Isotope Record......Page 157
References......Page 160