Eocene cooling linked to early flow across the Tasmanian Gateway

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Bilj, Peter K., Bendle, James A. P., Bohtay, Steven M., Pross, Jörg, Schouten, Stefan, Tauxe, Lisa, Stickley, Catherine E., McKay, Robert M., Rohl, Ursula, Olney, Matthew, Sluijs, Appy, Escutia, Carlota, Brinkhius, Henk, Expedition 318 Scientists, Welsh, Kevin
• Other Authors: Mark H. Thiemens
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2013
• Subjects: Climate cooling; Dinoflagellate cysts; Organic palaeothermometry; Paleoceanography; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:319700

The warmest global temperatures of the past 85 million years occurred during a prolonged greenhouse episode known as the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (52-50 Ma). The Early Eocene Climatic Optimum terminated with a long-term cooling trend that culminated in continental-scale glaciation of Antarctica...