Absence of a strong, deep-reaching Antarctic Circumpolar Current zonal flow across the Tasmanian gateway during the Oligocene to early Miocene

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Evangelinos, Dimitris, Escutia, Carlota, van de Flierdt, Tina, Valero, Luis, Flores, José-Abel, Harwood, David M., Hoem, Frida S., Bijl, Peter, Etourneau, Johan, Kreissig, Katharina, Nilsson-Kerr, Katrina, Holder, Liam, López-Quirós, Adrián, Salabarnada, Ariadna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Emerald Basin; Pacific; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/81298/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103718

The vigorous eastward flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) connects all major ocean basins and plays a prominent role in the transport of heat, carbon and nutrients around the globe. However, the establishment of a deep circumpolar flow, similar to the present-day ACC, remains controversi...