Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway

Science ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 348 (6231) ◽  
pp. 226-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Montes ◽  
A. Cardona ◽  
C. Jaramillo ◽  
A. Pardo ◽  
J. C. Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Central American ◽  
Central American Seaway

FLOW REVERSAL IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SEAWAY DURING OR AFTER THE OLIGOCENE MIOCENE TRANSITION

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Jeffrey Fraass ◽  
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R. Mark Leckie ◽  
Christopher M. Lowery ◽  
Robert DeConto
Keyword(s):  
Flow Reversal ◽  
Central American ◽  
Central American Seaway

scholarly journals Influence of the Central American Seaway and Drake Passage on ocean circulation and neodymium isotopes: A model study

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 1214-1237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrik L. Pfister ◽  
Thomas F. Stocker ◽  
Johannes Rempfer ◽  
Stefan P. Ritz
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Drake Passage ◽  
Central American ◽  
Neodymium Isotopes ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Central American Seaway

scholarly journals Protoconch enlargement in Western Atlantic turritelline gastropod species following the closure of the Central American Seaway

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 5309-5323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Sang ◽  
Dana Suzanne Friend ◽  
Warren Douglas Allmon ◽  
Brendan Matthew Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Central American ◽  
Gastropod Species ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Central American Seaway

Biogeography of Iberian Atlantic Neogene marginelliform gastropods (Marginellidae, Cystiscidae): global change and transatlantic colonization

2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 1052-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Marques Da Silva ◽  
Bernard Landau ◽  
Rafael La Perna
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Central American ◽  
Marine Gastropods ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Central American Seaway ◽  
Central Portugal ◽  
The Caribbean

The Marginellidae Fleming and the Cystiscidae Stimpson, herein collectively referred to as marginelliform gastropods, are convergent families of thermophilic marine gastropods. Shallow-water marginelliform gastropods are found in the Ibero-Moroccan Gulf and Mediterranean, diversity rapidly increasing towards tropical West Africa. Surprisingly, in the tropical and subtropical European Miocene fossil record, marginelliform genera of tropical affinity such asPersiculaSchumacher andPrunumHerrmannsen, occurring today in West Africa, are altogether missing. Others, such asMarginellaLamarck, are present only in the southwestern Iberian and Mediterranean Neogene record. This work describes the marginelliform gastropods from the Atlantic Iberian Neogene. Ten species are recorded, of which three are new,Persicula mikhailovaen. sp.,Gibberula costaen. sp., andGibberula brebionin. sp. This study shows thatGibberulaSwainson andVolvarinaHinds have been present in Europe since the Eocene.Marginellamay have originated in southern Africa and migrated north to Europe in the Miocene, never extending further north than west central Portugal.PersiculaandPrunumprobably originated in the Caribbean and migrated east during the Pliocene, following closure of the Central American Seaway. The colonization of the Pliocene European Atlantic coast by gastropods of these genera was selective, only where high sea-water temperature and high productivity were combined. These findings suggest that post-Messinian recolonization of the Mediterranean during the Pliocene was a complex process, involving colonization by groups originating in various regions of the Atlantic, including Europe, Africa and the Americas.

scholarly journals Exhumation of the Panama basement complex and basins: Implications for the closure of the Central American seaway

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1758-1777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego A. Ramírez ◽  
David A. Foster ◽  
Kyoungwon Min ◽  
Camilo Montes ◽  
Agustín Cardona ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central American ◽  
Basement Complex ◽  
Central American Seaway
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