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Paleocene Turbidite Deposition in the Central American Seaway (NW Costa Rica): Geochemical Analysis and Provenance of Detrital Spinel and Clinopyroxene
The Central American Land Bridge is the crucial connection between North and South America, and the Miocene closure of the Panama seaway led to a change in global oceanic circulation patterns. Modern Costa Rica is part of the island arc that formed over the western Caribbean subduction zone, and …
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Sequence Stratigraphy and Depositional Controls on Oligocene-Miocene Caribbean Carbonate-Dominated Systems, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
… at that time, along with the closure of the Central American Seaway, has been used to suggest a regional decrease in upwelling intensity. Regional deposits that are time-equivalent to the Cercado Formation, however, do not show the same increase in coral diversity and instead support …
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LATE MIOCENE AND PLIOCENE PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE LOW LATITUDE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
… (NWA) during the early stages of uplift of the Central American Isthmus and associated shoaling of the Central American Seaway (CAS). In the subtropical NWA (DSDP 103 and ODP 1006), the 5.2 to 5.1 Ma interval is characterized by an increase in SST and sea surface salinity, indicating a …