Middle Miocene isotope stratigraphy and paleoceanographic evolution of the northwest and southwest Australian margins (Wombat Plateau and Great Australian Bight)

• Main Authors: Holbourn, Ann E, Kuhnt, Wolfgang, Simo, J A, Li, Qianyu
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2004
• Subjects: 122-761; 122-761B; 182-1126B; 182-1134A; COMPCORE; Composite Core; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Great Australian Bight; Joides Resolution; Leg122; Leg182; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Indian Ridge; South Indian Ocean; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Indian; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.695122; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.695122

The benthic stable isotope record from ODP Site 761 (Wombat Plateau, NW Australia, 2179.3 m water depth) documents complete recovery of the middle Miocene delta13C excursion corresponding to the climatic optimum and subsequent expansion of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The six main delta13C maxima o...