Middle Eocene bulk sediment, benthic and planktic foraminiferal stable isotope values, relative weight percent CaCO3 content, and palaeomagnetic data from ODP Site 207-1260

• Main Authors: Edgar, Kirsty M, Wilson, Paul A, Sexton, Philip F, Suganuma, Yusuke
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2007
• Subjects: Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.854335; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.854335

Major ice sheets were permanently established on Antarctica approximately 34 million years ago, close to the Eocene/ Oligocene boundary, at the same time as a permanent deepening of the calcite compensation depth in the world's oceans. Until recently, it was thought that Northern Hemisphere gla...