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Time series analysis of Cenozoic era sea level and paleotemperature data

Open-File Report 83-566
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr83566

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Abstract

A statistical analysis of Cenozoic era sea level and paleotemperature data was performed to determine the cycles of each data set and the correspondence between them. Accordingly, each of the four time series were first analyzed independently in the univariate mode of a spectral analysis. The two basic data sets were then analyzed in a paired cross-spectral analysis. The prominent periodic cycles remaining in the data sets after linear trend removal, were: sea level surface from seismic stratigraphy--9.6 million years, updated version of sea level surface from seismic stratigraphy--9.5 million years, continental paleotemperatures from paleobotanical interpretations--9.6 million years, and marine paleotemperatures from foraminiferal isotopic data--12.7 million years. The cross-correlation properties between the data sets of continental paleotemperatures from paleobotanical interpretations and sea level surface from seismic stratigraphy at the common prominent period of 9.6 million years were: (1) The squared coherency value which measures cross correlation between the two data sets has the value 0.30, and (2) the amount by which the continental paleotemperatures from paleobotanical interpretations data lags the sea level surface from seismic stratigraphy data is 2.70 million years.

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Rosenfield, G.H., Huffman, T.E., 1983, Time series analysis of Cenozoic era sea level and paleotemperature data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-566, iv, 42 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr83566.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Time series analysis of Cenozoic era sea level and paleotemperature data
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 83-566
DOI 10.3133/ofr83566
Year Published 1983
Language ENGLISH
Publisher Geological Survey (U.S.)
Contributing office(s) U.S. Geological Survey
Description iv, 42 p.
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