Watkins N D, Kennett J P
Science. 1971 Aug 27;173(3999):813-8. doi: 10.1126/science.173.3999.813.
Paleomagnetic and micropaleontological studies of deep-sea sedimentary cores between Australia and Antarctica define an extensive area centered in the south Tasman Basin, where sediment as old as Early Pliocene has been systematically eroded by bottom currents. This major sedimentary disconformity has been produced by a substantial increase in velocity of Antarctic bottom water, possibly associated with late Cenozoic climatic cooling and corresponding increased glaciation of Antarctica.
对澳大利亚和南极洲之间深海沉积岩芯的古地磁和微古生物学研究表明，在以塔斯曼海盆南部为中心的广大区域，早上新世时期的沉积物已被底流系统性侵蚀。这种主要的沉积不整合是由南极底层水速度大幅增加造成的，这可能与晚新生代气候变冷以及南极洲相应的冰川作用增加有关。
