Antarctic vegetation and climate dynamics during the Eocene: new data from the Wilkes Land margin

• Main Authors: Contreras, L., Pross, J., Bendle, J.A., Schouten, S., Bijl, P.K., Röhl, U., Tauxe, L., Stickley, C.E., Bohaty, S., Brinkhuis, H., Escutia, C., Klaus, A.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Aardwetenschappen; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/242313

During IODP Expedition 318 (January–March 2010, Wellington to Hobart), ~2000 m of Eocene to Quaternary sediments were recovered from the Antarctic (Wilkes Land) margin, documenting the evolution of this margin from an ice-free “greenhouse Antarctica” to the present-day icehouse environment. Based on...