Eocene-Oligocene paleoenvironmental changes in the South Orkney Microcontinent (Antarctica) linked to the opening of Powell Basin

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: López-Quirós, Adrián, Escutia, Carlota, Etourneau, Johan, Rodríguez-Tovar, Francisco J., Roignant, Sabine, Lobo, Francisco J., Thompson, Nick, Bijl, Peter K., Bohoyo, Fernando, Salzmann, Ulrich, Evangelinos, Dimitris, Salabarnada, Ariadna, Hoem, Frida S., Sicre, Marie Alexandrine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Drake Passage; Late Eocene-early Oligocene; ODP 696; Paleoenvironment; South Orkney Microcontinent; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Powell Basin; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/eoceneoligocene-paleoenvironmental-changes-in-the-south-orkney-microcontinent-antarctica-linked-to-the-opening-of-powell-basin(b73ff396-24f1-4d54-ad7f-3e17af2e25c5).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103581; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111031172&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The scarcity of paleo-records from the Antarctic Peninsular region of the Southern Ocean hinders our understanding of the timing of the opening of Drake Passage, specifically in the region of the South Orkney Microcontinent (SOM) and Powell Basin, between the Scotia and Antarctic plates. At Ocean Dr...