Paleomagnetism and biostratigraphy of sediments from Southern Ocean ODP Site 744 (southern Kerguelen Plateau): Implications for early-to-middle Miocene climate in Antarctica

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 434-454

  Florindo, Fabio ^a   Farmer, Ryan K ^b   Harwood, David M ^b   Cody, Rosemary D ^c,d   Levy, Richard ^c   Bohaty, Steven M ^e   Carter, Lionel ^c   Winkler, Aldo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; CONOP; Diatom biostratigraphy; Kerguelen Plateau; Miocene; Paleoclimate; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CONOP; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOMAGNETISM;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; MICROFOSSIL; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84888840029     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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