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Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union. It publishes original research articles dealing with all aspects of understanding and reconstructing Earth's past climate and environments from the Precambrian to modern analogs. [ 1 ]
Paleoceanography makes use of so-called proxy methods as a way to infer information about the past state and evolution of the world's oceans. Several geochemical proxy tools include long-chain organic molecules (e.g. alkenones), stable and radioactive isotopes, and trace metals. [1]
Paleoclimatology (British spelling, palaeoclimatology) is the scientific study of climates predating the invention of meteorological instruments, when no direct measurement data were available. [1] As instrumental records only span a tiny part of Earth's history , the reconstruction of ancient climate is important to understand natural ...
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology ("Palaeo3") is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing multidisciplinary studies and comprehensive reviews in the field of palaeoenvironmental geology.
Paleoceanography. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-65215-0 and ISBN 978-0-674-65215-6. A later book by the noted paleobiologist. This text discusses ancient marine ecology. J. William Schopf (2001). Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08864-0.
Paleoclimatology – Study of changes in ancient climate; Paleoceanography – Study of the oceans in the geologic past; Paleocontinent – A distinct area of continental crust that existed as a major landmass in the geological past; Paleoecology – Study of interactions between organisms and their environments across geologic timescales
Foraminifera samples. In geochemistry, paleoclimatology, and paleoceanography δ 13 C (pronounced "delta thirteen c") is an isotopic signature, a measure of the ratio of the two stable isotopes of carbon— 13 C and 12 C—reported in parts per thousand (per mil, ‰). [1]
Paleoceanography [ edit ] In the modern thermohaline circulation , warm tropical water becomes colder and saltier at the poles and sinks ( downwelling or deep water formation) that occurs at the North Atlantic near the North Pole and the Southern Ocean near the Antarctic Peninsula .