1. Leg 199 Synthesis: Evolution of the Equatorial Pacific in the Early Cenozoic

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

EARLY CENOZOIC GREENHOUSE AND LATE CENOZOIC ICEHOUSE

THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE PALEOGENE

SYNOPSIS OF LEG 199 DRILLING

LEG 199 CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEOGENE STRATIGRAPHY

PALEOGENE DISCOVERIES

Paleoproductivity and Plate Movement

Oligocene

Eocene/Oligocene Boundary

Eocene

PALEOCENE/EOCENE BOUNDARY

SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER NOTES

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