Paleogeographic controls on the onset of the Antarctic circumpolar current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5199-5204

  Hill, Daniel J ^a,b   Haywood, Alan M ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^c   Francis, Jane E ^a   Lunt, Daniel J ^c   Wade, Bridget S ^d   Bowman, Vanessa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; gateways; glaciation; Oligocene; paleoceanography; paleogeography

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; GLACIATION; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); OCEAN CURRENTS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SIMULATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84884752213     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50941     Document Type: Article

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