Campanian-Eocene dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy in the Southern Andean foreland basin: Implications for Drake Passage throughflow

• Published in: Andean Geology
• Main Authors: Bijl, Peter K., Guerstein, Gladys Raquel, Sanmiguel Jaimes, Edgar A., Sluijs, Appy, Casadio, Silvio Alberto, Valencia, Víctor, Rodriguez Amenabar, Cecilia, Encinas, Alfonso
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería
• Subjects: BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; DRAKE PASSAGE; ENDEMISM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Drake Passage; Pacific; Pasaje; Pasaje de Drake; Patagonia; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/183897

The tectonic opening of the Tasmanian Gateway and Drake Passage represented crucial geographic requirements for the Cenozoic development of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). Particularly the tectonic complexity of Drake Passage has hampered the exact dating of the opening and deepening phases...