Alkenone and foraminifer abundance data from Miocene and Pliocene Atlantic Coastal Plain sediments

Description

Alkenone data were extracted from core and outcrop samples from the Miocene and Pliocene of the mid Atlantic Coastal Plain. The Uk'37 index is used to estimate temperature and total C37 is used to estimate productivity. Planktonic foraminifer abundance's are provided for two cores.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.61d73cacd34ed79294005048.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P9G3AFRZ

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  • calvert-county
  • stratigraphy
  • miocene-epoch
  • usgs-61d73cacd34ed79294005048
  • pliocene-epoch
  • geochemistry
  • paleoenvironment
  • isle-of-wight-county

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