Abstract
During the Eocene-Oligocene Transition (EOT; 34–33.5 Ma), Antarctic ice sheets relatively rapidly expanded, leading to the first continent-scale glaciation of the Cenozoic. Declining atmospheric CO2 concentrations and associated feedbacks have been invoked as underlying mechanisms, but the role of the quasi-coeval opening of Southern Ocean gateways (Tasman Gateway and Drake Passage)
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