Paleocurrent reconstruction of the deep Pacific inflow during the middle Miocene: Reflections of East Antarctic ice sheet growth

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Hall, Ian R ^a   McCave, I Nicholas ^b   Zahn, Rainer ^a,c   Carter, Lionel ^d   Knutz, Paul C ^a,b,e   Weedon, Graham P ^f  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep western boundary current; Miocene; Ocean Drilling Program; Sediment drifts; Sortable silt; Southwest Pacific

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; INFLOW; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT;

(PACIFIC SECTOR); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0142026858     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000817     Document Type: Article

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