Widespread Antarctic glaciation during the Late Eocene

• Main Authors: Carter, A, Riley, TR, Hillenbrand, C-D, Rittner, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Eocene–Oligocene transition; Antarctica; glaciation; IRD; provenance; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica; Whitmore Mountains; Antarc*; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1529747/1/Carter_Widespread%20Antarctic%20glaciation%20during%20the%20Late%20Eocene.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1529747/

Marine sedimentary rocks drilled on the southeastern margin of the South Orkney microcontinent in Antarctica (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 113 Site 696) were deposited between ∼36.5 Ma to 33.6 Ma, across the Eocene–Oligocene climate transition. The recovered rocks contain abundant grains exhibiting me...