Paleoceanography

For the journal, see Paleoceanography (journal).

Paleoceanography is the study of the history of the oceans in the geologic past with regard to circulation, chemistry, biology, geology and patterns of sedimentation and biological productivity. Paleoceanographic studies using environment models and different proxies enable the scientific community to assess the role of the oceanic processes in the global climate by the re-construction of past climate at various intervals.

Source of information

The source of information is largely the biogenous deep-ocean sediments, so the field is closely related to sedimentology and paleontology. Paleoceanographic research is also intimately tied to paleoclimatology.