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The geochronology of foraminiferal ooze deposits in the "Southern Ocean"

Many cores raised from the Drake Passage are characterized by alternating zones of foraminiferal ooze and sandysilt. Cores raised from the East Pacific Rise are foraminiferal ooze or alternating siliceous and carbonate ooze. The uranium and thorium concentrations and isotopic ratios in foraminifers separated from these cores were measured by alpha-spectroscopy. 230Th in foraminiferal tests is foun
Authors
Charles W. Holmes, J.K. Osmond, H.G. Goodell