Opening the gateways for diatoms primes Earth for Antarctic glaciation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 375, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-43

  Egan, Katherine E ^a   Rickaby, Rosalind E M ^a   Hendry, Katharine R ^b   Halliday, Alex N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic circumpolar current; Antarctic glaciation; Diatom; Eocene Oligocene; Organic carbon; Silicon isotope

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; ANTARCTIC GLACIATION; DIATOM; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE; SILICON ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICON; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLACIATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SILICON; SPONGE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84881556145     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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