Dinoflagellate cyst distribution during the Middle Eocene in the Drake Passage area: paleoceanographic implications

• Published in: Ameghiniana
• Main Authors: González Estebenet, María Sol, Guerstein, Gladys Raquel, Alperin, Marta I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina
• Subjects: Dinoflagellate Cysts; Middle Eocene; Drake Passage; Early Opening; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Scotia Sea; Pacific; Pasaje; Pasaje de Drake; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártica; Antártida
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/6609

The middle-late Eocene (45-36 Ma) dinoflagellate cyst distribution in high latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere has been explained by a surface ocean circulation pattern characterized by extensive subpolar gyres around Antarctica. Based on global paleoclimate models it has been proposed that these s...