Mid-Pliocene restriction of the Indonesian Gateway andits implication on ocean circulation and climate
The impacts of the constrictions of the Indonesian Gateway and the Central American Seaway on ocean circulation are among the keys to understand Pliocene climate evolution, including the intensification of the Northern Hemisphere Glaciation between 3.5 and 2.5 Ma. Plate tectonic reconstructions show...
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Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
2010
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Online Access: | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8-diss-48652 https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00004865 https://macau.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dissertation_derivate_00003139/Karas_diss.pdf |