Shackleton Fracture Zone: No barrier to early circumpolar ocean circulation

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 797-800

  Livermore, Roy ^a   Eagles, Graeme ^b   Morris, Peter ^a   Maldonado, Andres ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Gateways; Shackleton Fracture Zone; Southern Ocean; Transverse ridge

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC GLACIATION; SHACKLETON FRACTURE ZONE;

COOLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE FORCING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE;

DRAKE PASSAGE; SHACKLETON FRACTURE ZONE;

EID: 4744364533     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20537.1     Document Type: Article

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