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frequency variations open attractive perspectives
to improve chronostratigraphic precision beyond
the present state of the art.
Acknowledgments
We thank U. Bleil for many helpful discussions and
constructive criticism. Reviews and many valuable
suggestions by W.H. Berger and M. Schulz are
gratefully acknowledged. T. Bickert kindly provided unpublished o13e data ofODP Site 806.This
study was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Sonderforschungsbereich 261 at Bremen University, contribution No. 219). F. S. was
supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the framework of Graduiertenkolleg 221.
Data are available under www.pangaea.de/
Projects/SFB261.
References
Adkins JF, Boyle EA, Keigwin L, Cortijo E (1997) Variability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation during the last interglacial period. Nature
390: 154-156
Balsam WL, Otto-Bliesner BL, Deaton BC (1995) Modem and last glacial maximum eolian sedimentation
patterns in the Atlantic Ocean interpreted from sediment iron oxide content. Paleoceanography 10:493507
Bassinot FC, Beaufort L, Vincent E, Labeyrie LD,
Rostek F, Miiller PJ, Quidelleur X, Lancelot Y
(1994) Coarse fraction fluctuations in pelagic carbonate sediments from the tropical Indian Ocean:
a 1500-kyr record of carbonate dissolution.
Paleoceanography 9:579-600
Behl RJ, Kennett JP (1996) Brief interstadial events in
Santa Barbara basin, NE Pacific, during the past 60
kyr. Nature 379:243-246
Bendat JS, Piersol AG (1986) Random data. Wiley, New
York,pp 1-566
Bender M, Sowers T, Dickson ML, Orchardo J,
Grootes P, Mayewski P A, Meese DA (1994) Climate
correlations between Greenland and Antarctica during the past 100,000 years. Nature 372:663-666
Berger A, Pestiaux P (1984) Accuracy and stability of the
Quaternary terrestrial insolation. In: Berger A,
Imbrie J, Hays J, Kukla G, Saltzman B (eds)
Milankovitch and Climate Part 1, Reidel, Dordrecht,
pp83-111
Berger A, Loutre MF (1991) Insolation values for the
climate of the last 10 million years. Quat Sci Rev
10:297-317
Berger A, Melice JL, Hinnov L (1991) A strategy for frequency spectra of Quaternary climate records. Clim
Dyn5:227-240
Berger A, Loutre MF (1992) Astronomical solutions for
paleoclimate studies over the last 3 million years.
Earth Planet Sci Lett 111 :369-382
Berger A, Loutre MF (1994) Precession, eccentricity,
obliquity, insolation and paleoclimates. In: Duplessy
JC, Spyridakis MT (eds) Long-term climatic variations. Springer, Berlin, pp 107-151
Berger WH, Heath GR (1968) Vertical mixing in pelagic
sediments. J Mar Res 26: 134-142
Berger WH, Yasuda MK, Bickert T, Wefer G, Takayama
T (1994) Quaternary time scale for the Ontong Java
Plateau: Milankovitch template for Ocean Drilling
Program Site 806. Geology 22:463-467
Berger WH, Jansen E (1994a) Fourier stratigraphy: spectral gain adjustment of orbital ice mass models as an
aid in dating late Neogene deep-sea sediments.
Paleoceanography 9:693-703
Berger WH, Jansen E (1994b) Mid-Pleistocene climate
shift - the Nansen connection. In: Johannessen OM,
Muench RD, Overland JE (eds) The polar oceans and
their role in shaping the global environment. Geophys Monogr Ser 85, AGU, Washington, pp 295-311
Bickert T (1992) Rekonstruktion der spatquartaren Bodenwasserzirkulation im ostlichen Siidatlantik iiber
stabile Isotope benthischer Foraminiferen. PhD thesis, Ber FachberGeowiss Univ Bremen 27,pp 1-205
Bickert T, Wefer G (1996) Late Quaternary deep water
circulation in the South Atlantic: reconstruction from
carbonate dissolution and benthic stable isotopes.
In: WeferG,BergerWH,SiedlerG, Webb DJ (eds)
The South Atlantic: present and past circulation,
Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp 599-620
Bickert T, Curry WB, Wefer G (1997) Late Pliocene to
Holocene (2.6-0 Ma) western equatorial Atlantic
deep-water circulation: inferences from benthic stable isotopes. Proc ODP, Sci Results 154:239-254
Bickert T, Berger WH' Wefer G (1998) The deep western
equatorial Pacific in Plio-Pleistocene times: Results
from Leg 130 (Ontong Java Plateau). Paleoceanography (subm)
Birchfield GE, Wang H, Rich JJ (1994) Century/milleniwn
internal climate oscillations in an ocean-atrnospherecontinental ice sheet model. J Geophys Res 99: 1245912470
Blackman RB, Tukey JW (1958) The measurement of
power spectra. Dover Publ Inc, New York, pp 1-190
629
frequency variations open attractive perspectives
to improve chronostratigraphic precision beyond
the present state of the art.
Acknowledgments
We thank U. Bleil for many helpful discussions and
constructive criticism. Reviews and many valuable
suggestions by W.H. Berger and M. Schulz are
gratefully acknowledged. T. Bickert kindly provided unpublished o13e data ofODP Site 806.This
study was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Sonderforschungsbereich 261 at Bremen University, contribution No. 219). F. S. was
supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the framework of Graduiertenkolleg 221.
Data are available under www.pangaea.de/
Projects/SFB261.
References
Adkins JF, Boyle EA, Keigwin L, Cortijo E (1997) Variability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation during the last interglacial period. Nature
390: 154-156
Balsam WL, Otto-Bliesner BL, Deaton BC (1995) Modem and last glacial maximum eolian sedimentation
patterns in the Atlantic Ocean interpreted from sediment iron oxide content. Paleoceanography 10:493507
Bassinot FC, Beaufort L, Vincent E, Labeyrie LD,
Rostek F, Miiller PJ, Quidelleur X, Lancelot Y
(1994) Coarse fraction fluctuations in pelagic carbonate sediments from the tropical Indian Ocean:
a 1500-kyr record of carbonate dissolution.
Paleoceanography 9:579-600
Behl RJ, Kennett JP (1996) Brief interstadial events in
Santa Barbara basin, NE Pacific, during the past 60
kyr. Nature 379:243-246
Bendat JS, Piersol AG (1986) Random data. Wiley, New
York,pp 1-566
Bender M, Sowers T, Dickson ML, Orchardo J,
Grootes P, Mayewski P A, Meese DA (1994) Climate
correlations between Greenland and Antarctica during the past 100,000 years. Nature 372:663-666
Berger A, Pestiaux P (1984) Accuracy and stability of the
Quaternary terrestrial insolation. In: Berger A,
Imbrie J, Hays J, Kukla G, Saltzman B (eds)
Milankovitch and Climate Part 1, Reidel, Dordrecht,
pp83-111
Berger A, Loutre MF (1991) Insolation values for the
climate of the last 10 million years. Quat Sci Rev
10:297-317
Berger A, Melice JL, Hinnov L (1991) A strategy for frequency spectra of Quaternary climate records. Clim
Dyn5:227-240
Berger A, Loutre MF (1992) Astronomical solutions for
paleoclimate studies over the last 3 million years.
Earth Planet Sci Lett 111 :369-382
Berger A, Loutre MF (1994) Precession, eccentricity,
obliquity, insolation and paleoclimates. In: Duplessy
JC, Spyridakis MT (eds) Long-term climatic variations. Springer, Berlin, pp 107-151
Berger WH, Heath GR (1968) Vertical mixing in pelagic
sediments. J Mar Res 26: 134-142
Berger WH, Yasuda MK, Bickert T, Wefer G, Takayama
T (1994) Quaternary time scale for the Ontong Java
Plateau: Milankovitch template for Ocean Drilling
Program Site 806. Geology 22:463-467
Berger WH, Jansen E (1994a) Fourier stratigraphy: spectral gain adjustment of orbital ice mass models as an
aid in dating late Neogene deep-sea sediments.
Paleoceanography 9:693-703
Berger WH, Jansen E (1994b) Mid-Pleistocene climate
shift - the Nansen connection. In: Johannessen OM,
Muench RD, Overland JE (eds) The polar oceans and
their role in shaping the global environment. Geophys Monogr Ser 85, AGU, Washington, pp 295-311
Bickert T (1992) Rekonstruktion der spatquartaren Bodenwasserzirkulation im ostlichen Siidatlantik iiber
stabile Isotope benthischer Foraminiferen. PhD thesis, Ber FachberGeowiss Univ Bremen 27,pp 1-205
Bickert T, Wefer G (1996) Late Quaternary deep water
circulation in the South Atlantic: reconstruction from
carbonate dissolution and benthic stable isotopes.
In: WeferG,BergerWH,SiedlerG, Webb DJ (eds)
The South Atlantic: present and past circulation,
Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp 599-620
Bickert T, Curry WB, Wefer G (1997) Late Pliocene to
Holocene (2.6-0 Ma) western equatorial Atlantic
deep-water circulation: inferences from benthic stable isotopes. Proc ODP, Sci Results 154:239-254
Bickert T, Berger WH' Wefer G (1998) The deep western
equatorial Pacific in Plio-Pleistocene times: Results
from Leg 130 (Ontong Java Plateau). Paleoceanography (subm)
Birchfield GE, Wang H, Rich JJ (1994) Century/milleniwn
internal climate oscillations in an ocean-atrnospherecontinental ice sheet model. J Geophys Res 99: 1245912470
Blackman RB, Tukey JW (1958) The measurement of
power spectra. Dover Publ Inc, New York, pp 1-190