Southern Ocean frontal system changes precede Antarctic ice sheet growth during the middle Miocene

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 630-638

  Kuhnert, Henning ^a   Bickert, Torsten ^a   Paulsen, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mg Ca; middle Miocene; Southern Ocean; stable isotopes; Subantarctic Front

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; HYDROGRAPHIC CHANGES; MIDDLE MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; RECONSTRUCTED SURFACES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBANTARCTIC FRONT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON CYCLE; GLACIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; OCEANIC FRONT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 67650561716     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.030     Document Type: Article

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