Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics
Deep into the Cretaceous hothouse period
Deep into the Cretaceous hothouse period
The JOIDES Resolution drilled six sites on the southeast African margin and Indian–Atlantic ocean gateway to better understand the relationship between the Agulhas Current — the strongest western boundary current in the Southern Hemisphere — and the development of climate in southern Africa during the Pliocene/Pleistocene periods.
Scientists investigated the transition to Earth’s mantle, the creation of mid-ocean ridge basalt, and the limits of life in Earth’s crust.
The JOIDES Resolution investigated the northwest Australian shelf to answer questions about tectonics, Australian monsoon, and the development of ocean currents in this region.