1. Leg 181 Synthesis: Fronts, Flows, Drifts, Volcanoes, and the Evolution of the Southwestern Gateway to the Pacific Ocean, Eastern New Zealand

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Historical Geological Studies

Cenozoic Climatic History of the New Zealand Region

Paleoceanography in the New Zealand Region

Eastern New Zealand Sedimentary System

Modern Oceanographic Setting

Evolution of Flow through the Southwest Pacific Gateway

PRINCIPAL RESULTS FROM LEG 181

HISTORY OF SEDIMENTATION UNDER THE DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT

ENZOSS REVISITED: THE HISTORY OF PACIFIC DEEP FLOW

TEN PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS: SUMMARY OF ODP LEG 181

FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER NOTES

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