Introduction to ‘Antarctic Cenozoic palaeoenvironments: geologic record and models’

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Florindo, F., Cooper, A. K., O'Brien, P. E.
• Other Authors: Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Cooper, A. K.; Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA, O'Brien, P. E.; Geoscience Australia, G.P.O. Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA, Geoscience Australia, G.P.O. Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic climate evolution; 03. Hydrosphere::03.01. General::03.01.06. Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Ross Sea; Kerguelen; Prydz Bay; McMurdo Sound; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Shackleton; Weddell; Cape Roberts; Barrett; Antarc*; Antarctica; Arctic; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/4017; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00405-X

The Antarctic region has profoundly affected the global climates of the past 50 million years, influencing sea levels, atmospheric composition and dynamics, and ocean circulation. A greater understanding of this region and the Antarctic cryosphere is crucial to a broader understanding of the global...