Paleogene opening of Drake Passage

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 459-470

  Livermore, Roy ^a   Nankivell, Adrian ^a   Eagles, Graeme ^b   Morris, Peter ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cenozoic climate; Drake Passage; Gateways; Plate kinematics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DETERIORATION; DRAKE PASSAGE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOPHYSICS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; OXYGEN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

KINEMATICS; PALEOGENE; PLATE MOTION; RIFTING;

DRAKE PASSAGE; WORLD;

EID: 22144442739     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.03.027     Document Type: Article

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