Palaeoclimatic history of the opening South Atlantic
Abstract Climate has never been uniform in the South Atlantic Ocean. The rift system that opened to form the South Atlantic spanned nearly 60° latitude, and during its history the basin has extended across several climatic zones. Palaeoclimatic data for Gondwana as a whole are comparatively sparse,...
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Oxford University PressOxford
1993
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198545774.003.0003 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52367640/isbn-9780198545774-book-part-3.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Climate has never been uniform in the South Atlantic Ocean. The rift system that opened to form the South Atlantic spanned nearly 60° latitude, and during its history the basin has extended across several climatic zones. Palaeoclimatic data for Gondwana as a whole are comparatively sparse, but for the circum-South Atlantic region, because the region has been studied intensively, palaeoclimatic history is fairly clear. In this chapter, methods that have been applied in studies of South Atlantic palaeoclimates will be discussed, followed by descriptions of what is currently known about the palaeoclimatic history of the South Atlantic and of southern Laurasia. |
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