The science of paleoceanography analyzes variations in the relative abundance of stable isotopes of oxygen preserved within the carbonate shells found in deep sea sediment, which allows them to interpret The rate that marine snow is being deposited on the sea floor Changes in the temperature of surface and deep water over time Changes in the amount of terrigenous sediment being deposited by wind The rate that cosmogenous sediment is deposited over time The abundance of diatoms and radiolaria that are lithified in the marine sediment
The science of paleoceanography analyzes variations in the relative abundance of stable isotopes of oxygen preserved within the carbonate shells found in deep sea sediment, which allows them to interpret The rate that marine snow is being deposited on the sea floor Changes in the temperature of surface and deep water over time Changes in the amount of terrigenous sediment being deposited by wind The rate that cosmogenous sediment is deposited over time The abundance of diatoms and radiolaria that are lithified in the marine sediment
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Transcribed Image Text:The science of paleoceanography analyzes variations in the relative abundance of stable isotopes of
oxygen preserved within the carbonate shells found in deep sea sediment, which allows them to
interpret
The rate that marine snow is being deposited on the sea floor
Changes in the temperature of surface and deep water over time
Changes in the amount of terrigenous sediment being deposited by wind
The rate that cosmogenous sediment is deposited over time
The abundance of diatoms and radiolaria that are lithified in the marine sediment
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