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Australian-Antarctic Continental Drift, Palaeocirculation Changes and Oligocene Deep-Sea Erosion

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Deep-sea drilling in the SW Pacific has revealed a vast regional unconformity of Oligocene age that resulted from deep sea erosion induced by palaeocirculation chinges related to Australian continental drift and Antarctic glacial episodes. These palaeocirculation changes played a major role in the distribution and evolution of Cainozoic planktonic assemblages.

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KENNETT, J., BURNS, R., ANDREWS, J. et al. Australian-Antarctic Continental Drift, Palaeocirculation Changes and Oligocene Deep-Sea Erosion. Nature Physical Science 239, 51–55 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci239051a0

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