Study Alters Time Frame of When Oceans Linked
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Atlantic and Pacific oceans appeared to have connected at a point between South America and Antarctica about 41 million years ago, University of Florida researchers reported this week in the journal Science.
Previous studies had dated the formation of the Drake Passage, which allowed the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to begin, as recently as 17 million years ago.
