Opening the gateways for diatoms primes Earth for Antarctic glaciation

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Egan, Katherine E., Rickaby, Rosalind E.M., Hendry, Katharine R., Halliday, Alex N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Drake Passage; Maud Rise; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/359551/

The abrupt onset of Antarctic glaciation during the Eocene–Oligocene Transition (?33.7 Ma, Oi1) is linked to declining atmospheric pCO2 levels, yet the mechanisms that forced pCO2 decline remain elusive. Biogenic silicon cycling is inextricably linked to both long and short term carbon cycling throu...