A new perspective on Late Eocene and Oligocene vegetation and paleoclimates of South-eastern Australia

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Sluiter, Ian, Holdgate, Guy, Reichgelt, Tammo, Greenwood, David, Kershaw, A. P., Schultz, Nick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2022
• Subjects: 4301 Archaeology; 3709 Physical geography and environmental geoscience; Australia; Eocene–Oligocene; Paleoclimates; Palynology; Vegetation; Drake Passage; Geiger
• Online Access: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/187948; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110985

We present a composite terrestrial pollen record of latest Eocene through Oligocene (35.5–23 Ma) vegetation and climate change from the Gippsland Basin of south-eastern Australia. Climates were overwhelmingly mesothermic through this time period, with mean annual temperature (MAT) varying between 13...