Exon, Neville F. et al. (2003): Antarctic-Australia separation

Leg/Site/Hole: Related Expeditions:

ODP 189
DSDP 29

Identifier: ID:

2004-014177

Type:

georefid

Creator: Name:

Exon, Neville F.

Affiliation:

Geoscience Australia, Australia

Role:

author

Name:

Kennett, James P.

Affiliation:

JOIDES, United States

Role:

author

Name:

Malone, Mitchell J.

Affiliation:

University of California at Santa Barbara, United States

Role:

author

Identification: Title:

Antarctic-Australia separation

Year:

2003

Source:

In: White, Kasey (editor), Urquhart, Elspeth (editor), ODP highlights

Publisher:

Joint Oceanographic Institutes, Washington, DC, United States

Volume:

Issue:

Pages:

Abstract:

A study of the Cenozoic separation of the Australia Plate and Antarctic Plate. The separation created the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which created isolation from the influence of warm surface currents from the north and allowed and ice cap to develop. (MTE)

Language:

English

Genre:

Book

Rights:

URL:

Coverage:Geographic coordinates:

	North:-40.0000
West:-180.0000		East: 180.0000
	South:-90.0000

Keywords:

Stratigraphy; Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic ice sheet; Antarctic Plate; Antarctica; Australian Plate; Cenozoic; climate change; cryosphere; Deep Sea Drilling Project; glacial geology; ice sheets; Leg 189; Leg 29; Ocean Drilling Program; paleoclimatology; paleocurrents; paleogeography; plate tectonics; thermohaline circulation;

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Exon, Neville F. et al. (2003): Antarctic-Australia separation