Six Oligocene sequences and one earliest Miocene sequence were identified at Island Beach, Atlantic City, and Cape May, New Jersey, and correlated to the delta(18)O proxy of glacioeustasy and the eustatic record of Haq et al. by integrating lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, Sr isotopic stratigraphy, and magnetostratigraphy. Seven global delta(18)O increases are recognized by correlating delta(18)O records among deep-sea sites; four of these increases (Oi1, Oi2, Oi2b, and Mi1; 33.5, 30.3, 27.1, and 23.8, respectively) were recognized previously, acid three (Oi1a, Oi1b, and Oi2a; 32.8, 31.7, 28.3 Ma, respectively) are ne,v. These delta(18)O increases correlate well with Oligocene unconformities, indicating a glacioeustatic control on sequence boundaries. Except for an unconformity and glacioeustatic lowering at similar to 28.3 Ma, the New Jersey Oligocene sequences correlate well with the Haq et al. record, although we question the amplitudes of their eustatic record.
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