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ODP SCIENTIFIC RESULTS
LEG 154 - Ceara Rise

Sample Reference:
Backman, J. and Raffi, I., 1997. Calibration of Miocene nannofossil events to orbitally tuned cyclostratigraphies from Ceara Rise. In Shackleton, N.J., Curry, W.B., Richter, C., and Bralower, T.J. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 154: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 83-99.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: BIOSTARTIGRAPHY, CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY, AND CHRONOLOGY

Chapter 1: Planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy at ODP Site 925: middle Miocene-Pleistocene (Last 12 m.y.), p. 3-31

W.P. Chaisson and P.N. Pearson

Chapter 2: Late Paleocene to middle Miocene planktonic foraminifer biostratigraphy, Ceara Rise, p. 33-68

P. N. Pearson and W. P. Chaisson

Chapter 3: Sediment fluxes based on an orbitally tuned time scale 5 Ma to 14 Ma, Site 926, p. 69-82

N.J. Shackleton and S. Crowhurst

Chapter 4: Calibration of Miocene nannofossil events to orbitally tuned cyclostratigraphies from Ceara Rise, p. 83-99

J. Backman and I. Raffi

Chapter 5: The Oligocene timescale and cyclostratigraphy on the Ceara Rise, western equatorial Atlantic, p. 101-114

G.P. Weedon, N.J. Shackleton, and P.N. Pearson

SECTION 2: SEDIMENT STUDIES

Chapter 6: Development of a high quality natural gamma data set from the Ceara Rise: critical groundwork for core and log data integration, p. 117-134

T.A. King and W.G. Ellis

Chapter 7: High-resolution compressional-wave velocity measurements in Pleistocene sediments of the Ceara Rise (western equatorial Atlantic): implications for orbital driven sedimentary cycles, p. 135-149

J. Grutzner, F.C. Bassinot, and J. Mienert

Chapter 8: Elastic property corrections applied to Leg 154 sediment, Ceara Rise, p. 151-155

K. Moran

Chapter 9: Life cycle(s) of sediment physical properties, Ceara Rise, p. 157-168

T.D. Herbert, S. DiDonna, F. Bassinot, J. Gruetzner, and K. Moran

Chapter 10: Rock magnetic properties of sediments from Ceara Rise (Site 929): implications for the origin of the magnetic susceptibility signal, p. 169-179

C. Richter, J.-P. Valet, and P.A. Solheid

Chapter 11: High resolution rock-magnetic study of Ceara Rise sediments at Site 925, p. 181-186

P.A. Solheid, S.K. Banerjee, C.Richter, and J.-P. Valet

SECTION 3: PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE PALEOCEANOGRAPHY

Chapter 12: Carbonate production and dissolution in the western equatorial Atlantic during the last 1 m.y., p. 189-199

W.B. Curry and J.L. Cullen

Chapter 13: Oxygen isotopic composition of interstitial waters from Leg 154: Determination of the temperature and isotopic composition of the glacial ocean, p. 201-206

D.P. Schrag, G. Hampt, D.W. Murray

Chapter 14: Variations in planktonic foraminifer faunas and carbonate preservation at Site 927: evidence for changing surface water conditions in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean during the middle Pleistocene,p. 207-228

J.L. Cullen and W.B. Curry

Chapter 15: Late Pliocene to mid-Pleistocene (2.6-1.0 m.y.) carbonate dissolution in the western equatorial Atlantic: Results of Leg 154, Ceara Rise, p. 229-237

T. Bickert, R. Cordes and G. Wefer

Chapter 16: Late Pliocene to Holocene (2.6-0 Ma) western equatorial Atlantic deep-water circulation: interferences from benthic stable isotopes, p. 239-253

T. Bickert, W. B. Curry and G. Wefer

Chapter 17: Changes in upper water-column structure at site 925, late Miocene-Pliestocene: planktonic foraminifer assemblage and isotopic evidence, p. 255-268

W.P. Chaisson and A.C. Ravelo

Chapter 18: Changes in the dynamics of western equatorial Atlantic surface currents and biogenic productivity at the "middle Pleistocene revolution" (~930 ka), p. 269-284

F.C. Bassinot, L. Beaufort, E. Vincent and L. Labeyrie

Chapter 19: Pleistocene variations in deep Atlantic circulation and calcite burial between 1.2 and 0.6 Ma: a combined data-model approach, p. 285-297

P. de Menocal and D. Archer

Chapter 20: Deep-water circulation, chemistry, and terrigenous sediment supply in the equatorial Atlantic during the Pliocene, 3.3-2.6 Ma and 5-4.5 Ma, p. 299-318

R. Tiedemann and S.O. Franz

Chapter 21: Early Pliocene deep-water circulation: stable isotope evidence for enhanced northern component deep water, p. 319-330

K. Billups, A.C. Ravelo and J.C. Zachos

Chapter 22: Biogenic and terrigenous sedimentation at Ceara Rise, western tropical Atlantic, supports Pliocene-Pliestocene deep-water linkage between hemispheres, p. 331-345

S.E. Harris, A.C. Mix, and T. King

SECTION 4: PRE-PLIOCENE PALEOCEANOGRAPHY

Chapter 23: Miocene evolution of carbonate sedimentation at the Ceara Rise: A multivariate data/proxy approach, p. 349-365

T.A. King, W.G. Ellis, Jr., D.W. Murray, N.J. Shackleton, and S. Harris

Chapter 24: The late Miocene stable isotope record, Site 926, p. 367-373

N.J. Shackleton and M.A. Hall

Chapter 25: Biogenic carbonate production and preservation changes between 5 and 10 Ma from the Ceara Rise, western equatorial Atlantic, p. 375-388

D.W. Murray and L.C. Peterson

Chapter 26: 10Be and 9Be concentrations in the deep sea sediments at Site 925, Ceara Rise, in the western equatorial Atlantic: implication of 10Be flux change, p. 389-394

M. Murayama, H. Nagai, M. Imamura, S. Hatori, and K. Kobayashi

Chapter 27: Late Miocene-Holocene paleoceanography of the western equatorial Atlantic: evidence from deep-sea benthic foraminifers, p. 395-431

H. Yasuda

Chapter 28: Milankovitch-scale climate variability recorded near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary, p. 433-439

B.P. Flower, J.C. Zachos, and H. Paul

Chapter 29: Multispecies planktonic foraminifer stable isotope stratigraphy through Oligocene-Miocene boundary climate cycles, Site 926, p. 441-449

P.N. Pearson, N.J. Shackleton, G.P. Weedon, and M.A. Hall

Chapter 30: Latest Oligocene through early Miocene isotopic stratigraphy and deep-water paleoceanography of the western equatorial Atlantic: Sites 926 and 929, p. 451-461

B.P. Flower, J.C. Zachos, and E. Martin

SECTION 5: CENOZOIC HISTORY

Chapter 31: Terrigenous sedimentation at Ceara Rise, p. 465-473

D.M. Dobson, G.R. Dickens, and D.K. Rea

Chapter 32: Phosphorus geochemistry in Ceara Rise sediments, p. 475-482

M.L. Delaney and L.D. Anderson

Chapter 33: Early Oligocene diatoms in the Ceara Rise and the Cenozoic evolution of biogenic silica accumulation in the low-latitude Atlantic, p. 483-490

N. Mikkelsen and J.A. Barron

Chapter 34: Influences on calcite Sr/Ca records from Ceara Rise and other regions: Distinguishing ocean history and calcite recrystallization, p. 491-500

G. Hampt and M.L. Delaney

Chapter 35: Secular variations in sedimentary organic (13C during the last 35 m.y. in the tropical Atlantic, Site 925, p. 501-505

N. Ohkouchi and E. Wada

Chapter 36: Inorganic geochemical composition of Oligocene to Miocene sediments and productivity variations in the western equatorial Atlantic: results from Sites 926 and 929, p. 507-526

G.P. Weedon and N.J. Shackleton

SECTION 6: DATA REPORTS

Chapter 37: Data Report: Measurements of magnetic susceptibility for the Oligocene and lower Miocene of Site 925, p. 529-532

G.P. Weedon

Section 7: Index Index, p. 535-552


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