Influence of the opening of the Drake Passage on the Cenozoic Antarctic Ice Sheet: A modeling approach

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 339-341, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-73

  Cristini, Luisa ^a   Grosfeld, Klaus ^a   Butzin, Martin ^b   Lohmann, Gerrit ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cenozoic; Drake Passage; Numerical models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CENOZOIC; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLACIATION; HEAT FLUX; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84861768292     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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