Onset of Antarctic Circumpolar Current 30 million years ago as Tasmanian Gateway aligned with westerlies
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Onset of Antarctic Circumpolar Current 30 million years ago as Tasmanian Gateway aligned with westerlies
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Neodymium isotopes from fossil fish teeth and tectonic reconstructions show that the deep Tasmanian Gateway opened up about 33 million years ago and that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current arose 30 million years ago, when the gateway probably moved into the latitudes of the strong westerly winds.
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Nature
Vol. 523
No. 7562
Vol. 523
No. 7562
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Nature
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30.07.2015
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Howie D. Scher, Joanne M. Whittaker, Simon E. Williams, Jennifer C. Latimer, Wendy E. C. Kordesch & Margaret L. Delaney, “Onset of Antarctic Circumpolar Current 30 million years ago as Tasmanian Gateway aligned with westerlies,” Uwekind Resource Centre, accessed October 15, 2026, https://www.library.uwekind.com/items/show/215.