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Deep sea drilling in the Indian Ocean has revealed unconformities of oceanwide significance. The unconformities are of Oligocene, early Tertiary and late Cretaceous age and can be explained as a consequence of climatic events in Antarctica and subsequent variations in the circulation pattern of the whole Indian Ocean.
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Davies, T., Weser, O., Luyendyk, B. et al. Unconformities in the sediments of the Indian Ocean. Nature 253, 15–19 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253015a0
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