Scientist Uses Tracer to Predict Ancient Ocean Circulation
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 13:56
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even though the Cretaceous Period ended more than 65 million years ago, clues remain about how the ocean water circulated at that time. Measuring a chemical tracer in samples of ancient fish scales, bones and teeth, University of Missouri and University of Florida researchers have studied circulation in the Late Cretaceous North Atlantic Ocean.