Miocene Thermohaline Circulation

这项研究将扩展之前关于中新世深海全球环流的工作。以前的工作集中在太平洋，这项工作将扩大到包括印度洋和大西洋。根据稳定同位素分析和海底有孔虫组合，可以推断深部古环流模式。这项研究的结果将为重建海洋对现代海洋制度启动时发生的重大气候变化的反应提供重要的联系。

The study will extend previous work on the global circulation of the Miocene deep ocean. Previous work has centered on the Pacific Ocean and that work will be expanded to include the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. The deep paleo-circulation patterns will be inferred from stable isotopic analyses and benthic foraminiferal assemblages in DSDP and ODP cores. The results of this study will provide an important link in reconstructing the response of the ocean to major climatic changes that occurred as the modern ocean regime was initiated.