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The methodical principles of the analysis of biogenic silica accumulation in the pelagic zones of the Pacific and Indian oceans are considered. Two quantitative approaches of lithological analysis are compared: method of absolute mass by A.D. Arkhangel’skii and volumetric method by A.B. Ronov. It is established that the concept of “two oceans” (“ice” and “non-ice”) may be applied to both the oceans. Differences in the evolution of the silica accumulation rate in the Pleistocene between high- and low-latitude oceans are revealed.
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Original Russian Text © M.A. Levitan, 2016, published in Geokhimiya, 2016, No. 3, pp. 278–286.
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Levitan, M.A. Comparative analysis of pelagic Pleistocene silica accumulation in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Geochem. Int. 54, 257–265 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702916030034
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