Miocene Climate Transitions in the Southwest Pacific, Tasmania: Interpretations Based on Calcareous Nannofossils

• Other Authors: Roessig, Kristeen Lynn McGonigal. (authoraut), Wise, Sherwood W. (professor directing dissertation), Iverson, Richard (outside committee member), Lundberg, Neil (committee member), Wang, Yang (committee member), Donoghue, Joseph (committee member), Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Oceanography; Atmospheric sciences; Meteorology; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Shackleton; Pacific; New Zealand; Cape Roberts; Malone; Pollard; Kennett; Lundberg; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-2555; http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A180830/datastream/TN/view/Miocene%20Climate%20Transitions%20in%20the%20Southwest%20Pacific,%20Tasmania.jpg

The tectonic separation of Australia from Antarctica is a key constraint on the development of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) during the Cenozoic. The ACC plays a critical role in global climate thermally isolating Antarctica and its initiation is hypothesized to have crossed a critical glo...