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Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
DATA: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Core Data. TOOL: Virtual Ocean. SUMMARY: Locate potential core, log, and seismic data to map the marine sediment biostratigraphy. Search for a specific planktonic foraminifera that prefers warmer ocean conditions.
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Case Study: How Widespread was the Warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)? part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
Case Study: How Widespread was the Warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)?
Global Warming and Paleoclimate
Earth in the Eocene. It has been said that the past informs the ...
Step-by-Step Instructions part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
Step-by-Step Instructions
Part 1—Launch Virtual Ocean
Download and launch Virtual Ocean. Practice manipulating the map. Exaggerate the elevation and examine seafloor features.
Part ...
Part 3—Locate a Suitable Core in the Southern Ocean part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
Part 3âLocate a Suitable Core in the Southern Ocean
In Part 3, you will be guided to a core location in the Southern Ocean. This core is particularly well suited for three reasons: the core ...
Part 1—Launch Virtual Ocean part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
Part 1âLaunch Virtual Ocean
Step 1 – Download and Launch Virtual Ocean
Click on the link to open the Virtual Ocean Homepage in a new window.
Virtual Ocean launches directly ...
Teaching Notes part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
Teaching Notes
Example Output
Example Output
Map and graph created with Virtual Ocean software. Click on the image for a larger view.
Students will use Virtual Ocean software to produce various ...
Part 4—Search for Key Foraminifera: Indicators of Global Warming part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
Part 4âSearch for Key Foraminifera: Indicators of Global Warming
In this fourth part, you will search the CHRONOS data portal for two particular Southern Ocean foraminifera species Acarinina ...
Part 2—Load Seafloor Data and Search For Suitable Research Regions part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
Part 2âLoad Seafloor Data and Search For Suitable Research Regions
Your goal in this section is to look for seafloor regions that are suitable for finding the core data that we desire. As you ...
Going Further part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
Going Further
Variations
This chapter focuses on locating ocean sediment cores that contain foraminifera and shear stress indicators for the PETM. Virtual Ocean also provides a great opportunity to ...
Tools and Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments
Tools and Data
Tool
Virtual Ocean
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/vr/
Virtual Ocean is a three-dimensional visualization tool that combines the GeoMapApp tool suite with the NASA World Wind Earth ...