Evidence for late Oligocene establishment of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 715-728

  Pfuhl, Helen A ^a   McCave, I Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Drake Passage; East Antarctic Icesheet; Grain size; Ocean circulation; ODP Leg 189; ODP Site 1170; ODP Site 1171; ODP Site 1172; Sortable silt; Southern Ocean; Tasman Gateway

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COOLING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ICE; MAGNETOSPHERE; WATER;

EARTH (PLANET);

GRAIN SIZE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT;

DRAKE PASSAGE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA; WORLD;

EID: 21344433638     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.025     Document Type: Article

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