Intermediate Water Dynamics at the Indian-Atlantic Ocean Gateway During the Pliocene Inferred from Opal Accumulation and Diatom Assemblages at IODP Site U1475

• Main Authors: Coenen, Jason James, Dodd, Justin P, Gruetzner, Jens, Hall, Ian R, LeVay, Leah J, Lathika, Nambiyathodi, Jimenez, Francisco J, Hemming, Sidney R, Scherer, Reed P
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/50733/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.23e30690-3dd5-417c-b67c-ee4a88a8482f

The teleconnections existing between low- and high-latitude water masses are a critical component of the Earth’s climate system. One region of global significance is the Indian-Atlantic Ocean gateway (I-AOG) that lies off the southern tip of Africa. Today, the regional oceanography is dominated by t...