Eocene circulation of the Southern Ocean: Was Antarctica kept warm by subtropical waters?

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Huber, Matthew ^a   Brinkhuis, Henk ^b   Stickley, Catherine E ^c   Döös, Kristofer ^d   Sluijs, Appy ^b   Warnaar, Jeroen ^b   Schellenberg, Stephen A ^e   Williams, Graham L ^f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctic glaciation; Ocean heat transport; Paleogene oceans

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; GLACIATION; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 15944375177     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001014     Document Type: Article

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