Continental stretching preceding the opening of the Drake Passage: Evidence from Tierra del Fuego

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Ghiglione, Matias, Yagupsky, Daniel Leonardo, Ghidella de Hurtis, Marta Elba, Ramos, Victor Alberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of America
• Subjects: AIRBORNE MAGNETIC DATA; CONTINENTAL STRETCHING; SCOTIA SEA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Drake Passage; Scotia Sea; Pacific; Argentino; Argentina; Pablo; Ramos; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/92727

Age estimates for the onset of a seaway through the Drake Passage range from middle Eocene to early Miocene, complicating interpretations of the relation between ocean circulation and Cenozoic global cooling. Here we present evidence for the presence of a latest Paleocene-early Eocene extensional ba...