Chapter 10 Middle Miocene to Pliocene History of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-16-2008
Journal / Book Title
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences
Abstract
This chapter explores the Middle Miocene to Pliocene terrestrial and marine records of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The structure of the chapter makes a clear distinction between terrestrial and marine records as well as proximal (on or around Antarctica) and more distal records (Southern Ocean). Particular geographical regions are identified that reflect the areas for which the majority of palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic information exist. Specifically, the chapter addresses the terrestrial sedimentary and fjordal environments of the Transantarctic Mountains and Lambert Glacier region, the terrestrial fossil record of Antarctic climate, terrestrial environments of West Antarctica, and the marine records of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) and the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS), as well as the marine record of the Southern Ocean. Previous and current studies focusing on modelling Middle Miocene to Pliocene climate, environments and ice sheets are discussed. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
DOI
10.1016/S1571-9197(08)00010-4
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
51449121022 (Scopus)
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Haywood, Alan M.; Smellie, John L.; Ashworth, Allan C.; Cantrill, David J.; Florindo, Fabio; Hambrey, Michael J.; Hill, Daniel; Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter; Hunter, Stephen J.; Larter, Robert D.; Lear, Caroline H.; Passchier, Sandra; and van de Wal, Roderick, "Chapter 10 Middle Miocene to Pliocene History of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean" (2008). Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 659.
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