Paleogene calcareous nannofossil record of the Tasmanian gateway

• Main Author: Wei, Wuchang
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2004
• Subjects: 189-1168A; 189-1170; 189-1171; 189-1172; COMPCORE; Composite Core; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Indian Ocean; Joides Resolution; Leg189; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Pacific Ocean; Tasman Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.679777; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.679777

The opening of the Tasmanian Gateway between Australia and Antarctica has long been considered a critical element in the initiation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, thermal isolation of Antarctica, and Cenozoic global cooling. The timing for the opening of the gateway to shallow-water circulati...