Temperature Variations in the Lower Pleistocene of Southern California
- 1 March 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Journal of Geology
- Vol. 61 (2), 171-181
- https://doi.org/10.1086/626064
Abstract
Tests of foraminifers (which are listed) were analysed for Ol8/O16 ratio, and thus temperatures in the past deduced. A cold and a warm period are suggested, with temps. ranging from 12[degree] to 30[degree]C.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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