Middle Miocene to Pliocene History of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Haywood, A. M., Smellie, J. L., Ashworth, A. C., Cantrill, D. J., Florindo, F., Hambrey, M. J., Hill, D., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Hunter, S. J., Larter, R. D., Lear, C. H., Passchier, S., van de Wal, R.
• Other Authors: Haywood, A. M.; School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK, Smellie, J. L.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK, Ashworth, A. C.; Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5517, USA, Cantrill, D. J.; Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Private Bag 2000, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia, Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Hambrey, M. J.; Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, UK, Hill, D.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK, Hillenbrand, C.-D.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK, Hunter, S. J.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK and School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK, Larter, R. D.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK, Lear, C. H.; School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3YE, UK, Passchier, S.; Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Mallory Hall 252, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA, van de Wal, R.; Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 Utrecht, The Netherlands, Siegert, M.; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK, School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK, Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK, Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5517, USA, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Private Bag 2000, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, UK, Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK and School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK, School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3YE, UK, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Mallory Hall 252, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 Utrecht, The Netherlands, Siegert, M., School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2008
• Subjects: Middle Miocene; Pliocene; Antarctica; Southern Ocean; 03. Hydrosphere::03.01. General::03.01.06. Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Lambert Glacier; The Antarctic; Transantarctic Mountains; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/4175; https://doi.org/10.1016/S1571-9197(08)00010-4

This chapter explores the Middle Miocene to Pliocene terrestrial and marine records of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The structure of the chapter makes a clear distinction between terrestrial and marine records as well as proximal (on or around Antarctica) and more distal records (Southern Ocean). Particular geographical regions are identified that reflect the areas for which the majority of palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic information exist. Specifically, the chapter addresses the terrestrial sedimentary and fjordal environments of the Transantarctic Mountains and Lambert Glacier region, the terrestrial fossil record of Antarctic climate, terrestrial environments of West Antarctica, and the marine records of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) and the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS), as well as the marine record of the Southern Ocean. Previous and current studies focusing on modelling Middle Miocene to Pliocene climate, environments and ice sheets are discussed. Published 401-463 1.8. Osservazioni di geofisica ambientale 3.8. Geofisica per l'ambiente reserved