What is SPECMAP? What is the significance of the SPECMAP "stack" smooth oxygen curve?

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What is SPECMAP? What is the significance of the SPECMAP "stack" smooth oxygen curve?

2007-02-26 12:04:26 · 1 answers · asked by chica1012 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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It's based on the oxygen isotopes in fossil planktonic foraminifera. The ratio of the isotopes should vary with global temperatures. And the periodicities in the curves should be similar to Milankovitch cyclicities.

2007-02-26 20:27:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋