Development of the Circum-Antarctic Current
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By: J.P. Kennett, R.E. Houtz, P.B. Andrews, A.R. Edwards, V.A. Gostin, M. Hajos, M. A. Hampton, D.G. Jenkins, S.V. Margolis, A.T. Ovenshine, and K. Perch-Nielsen
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Abstract
Deep-sea drilling in the Southern Ocean south of Australia and New Zealand shows that the Circum-Antarctic Current developed about 30 million years ago in the middle to late Oligocene when final separation occurred between Antarctica and the continental South Tasman Rise. Australia had commenced drifting northward from Antarctica 20 million years before this.
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Kennett, J., Houtz, R., Andrews, P., Edwards, A., Gostin, V., Hajos, M., Hampton, M.A., Jenkins, D., Margolis, S., Ovenshine, A., Perch-Nielsen, K., 1974, Development of the Circum-Antarctic Current: Science, v. 186, no. 4159, p. 144-147, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.186.4159.144.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Development of the Circum-Antarctic Current |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.186.4159.144 |
| Volume | 186 |
| Issue | 4159 |
| Year Published | 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 144 |
| Last page | 147 |