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, Alasdair (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: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drake Passage; Powell Basin; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/46833/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103581; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/46833/1/Lopez_Quiros_accepted_version.pdf

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...