Climate, Dust, and Fire Across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition, Patagonia

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Selkin, Peter A., Strömberg, Caroline A. E., Dunn, Regan, Kohn, Matthew J., Carlini, Alfredo A., Davies-Vollum, K. Siân, Madden, Richard H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks 2015
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geophysics and Seismology; Argentina; Patagonia; Sarmiento; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/geo_facpubs/261; https://doi.org/10.1130/G36664.1

The Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT) is typically interpreted as a time of drastic global cooling and drying associated with massive growth of a glacial icecap in Antarctica and the shift to an “icehouse” climate. The effects of this transition on the terrestrial environments, floras, and faunas of...