The Cenozoic evolution of the Southern Ocean : impact on sedimentation, ocean circulation and global climate

• Main Author: Sauermilch, I
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; tectonic gateways; Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Greenhouse-Icehouse; seismo-stratigraphy; IODP; MITgcm; Cenozoic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Drake Passage; Pacific; Australian Antarctic Basin; Australian-Antarctic Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/35267/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/35267/1/Sauermilch_whole_thesis.pdf

Global ocean circulation is strongly controlled by the formation and closing of oceanic basins and gateways. Together with changing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, these processes are key long-term drivers of the global climate. During the Cenozoic, Earth’s climate underwent one of the mo...