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characteristic of the Cenozoic. Climatic cooling has been accelerated in Late Neogene time (last 15 m.y.) due to several important changes in ocean-continent geometry. Dept. of Geol. and Geophys. WHOI, Woods Hole, Mass. 02543, USA.

84:6091 Beu, A.G. and A.R. Edwards, 1984. New Zealand

Pleistocene and Late Pliocene glacio--eustatic cycles. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 46(1/3): 119-142. New Zealand Geol. Surv., P.O. Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

84:6092 Covey, Curt and P.L. Haagenson, 1984. A model of

oxygen isotope composition of precipitation: implications for paleoclimate data. J. geophys. Res., 89(D3):4647-4655.

The model predicts the isotopic composition of snow, given the source water composition and the meteorological path between the formation of an air-water parcel in the boundary layer and the final deposition of precipitation onto the ice sheets. Results depend strongly on the details of the meteorological path; they are consistent with stan- dard interpretations of isotope data, but in some cases allow alternate interpretations. Div. of Meteorol. and Phys. Oceanogr., Univ. of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Fla. 33149, USA.

84:6093 Hornibrook, N.deB. (ed.), 1984. Special issue. Third

International Meeting on Pacific Neogene Stra- tigraphy, New Zealand, 1983: collected papers. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 46(1/3):231pp; 16 papers.

Synopses of Neogene stages, chronostratigraphy, and bioevents in Japan; molluscan stages of the NW Pacific coast of America; foraminiferal sequences in Australia and New Zealand; Cenozoic biostratig- raphy of South Korea; foraminiferal and sedimen- tary sequences in Taiwan; and reconstruction of the New Zealand Neogene provide updates of our knowledge of regional segments of the Pacific Basin during the past 25 m.y. Studies more limited in time or area include Middle and Upper Miocene se- quences of Honshu (Japan), Globorotalia at the New Zealand Miocene-Pliocene boundary, Neogene Fo- raminifera from a Queensland (Australia) bore, latest Cenozoic cassidulinid foraminiferal provinces from Japan, the significance of a Middle Miocene hiatus in the Pacific, and Late Pliocene and Pleis- tocene glacio-eustatic cycles in New Zealand. (hbf)

84:6094 Ikebe, Nobuo and Ryuichi Tsuchi, 1984. Synopsis of

Japanese Ncogene stages. Palaeogeogr. Palaeo- clirnatol. Palaeoecol, 46(1/3): 1-10.

Precise biochronologic positions of late Early Mio- cene to Early Pleistocene stages are determined by utilizing planktonic foraminifers within the frame- work of the radiometric time scale. The Kaburan and Fujian substages are elevated to stages. Tezu- kayama Univ., Nara 63l, Japan.

84:6095 Kellogg, T.B. (comment) and Yvonne Herman

(reply), 1984. Comment and reply on 'Baffin Bay: present-day analog of the central Arctic during Late Pliocene to Mid-Pleistocene time.' Geology, geol. Soc. Am., 12(6):378-380.

84:6096 Kim, B.K., 1984. Cenozoic biostratigraphy of South

Korea. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol, 46(1/3):85-96.

South Korea's east coast sedimentary basins are here considered as integral parts of the Pohang Basin. Two Neogene sedimentary groups are recognized. The lower Yangbng Group is terrestrial in origin; the upper Yeonil Group, Mid-Miocene in age, comprises 5 primarily marine formations with abundant marine fauna indicative of cold current conditions. Pliocene warm-water deposits are found only on Cheju Island. Dept. of Geol. Sci., Seoul Natl. Univ., Seoul 151, Korea. (slr)

84:6097 Loutit, T.S., J.P. Kennett and S.M. Savin (authors of

original paper), 1984. Erratum [|nl Miocene equatorial and southwest Pacific paleoceanog- raphy from stable isotope evidence. Mar. Micro- paleontol., 8:215--233, 1983. Mar. Micropaleont., 8(5):p.435.

84:6098 Muerdter, D.R. and J.P. Kennett, 1983/84. Late

Quaternary planktonic foraminiferni biostratig- raphy, Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea. Mar. Micropaleont., 8(5):339-359.

Examination and principal component analysis of samples from 15 cores from the Strait of Sicily and the adjoining Ionian Sea were undertaken to obtain a detailed 180,000-year biostratigraphy of the area connecting the deep eastern and western Mediter- ranean basins. Sharp peaks in total faunal abun- dances and characteristic high frequencies of certain individual species associated with sapropel and protosapropel layers were noted. A 2-stage warming