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Science 23 February 1996:
Vol. 271. no. 5252, pp. 1092 - 1095
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5252.1092
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Drilling and Dating New Jersey Oligocene-Miocene Sequences: Ice Volume, Global Sea Level, and Exxon Records

Kenneth G. Miller, (1) Gregory S. Mountain , the Leg 150 Shipboard Party, Members of the New Jersey Coastal Plain Drilling Project

Oligocene to middle Miocene sequence boundaries on the New Jersey coastal plain (Ocean Drilling Project Leg 150X) and continental slope (Ocean Drilling Project Leg 150) were dated by integrating strontium isotopic stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy (planktonic foraminifera, nannofossils, dinocysts, and diatoms). The ages of coastal plain unconformities and slope seismic reflectors (unconformities or stratal breaks with no discernible hiatuses) match the ages of global delta 18O increases (inferred glacioeustatic lowerings) measured in deep-sea sites. These correlations confirm a causal link between coastal plain and slope sequence boundaries: both formed during global sea-level lowerings. The ages of New Jersey sequence boundaries and global delta 18O increases also correlate well with the Exxon Production Research sea-level records of Haq et al. and Vail et al., validating and refining their compilations.

K. G. Miller, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855, USA, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA.
G. S. Mountain, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA.
The members of the Leg 150 shipboard party and the New Jersey Coastal Plain Drilling Project are listed .
(1) To whom correspondence should be addressed.


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