Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway

Montes, C.; Cardona, A.; Jaramillo, C.; Pardo, A.; C. Silva, J.; Valencia, V.; Ayala, C.; C. Pérez-Angel, L.; A. Rodriguez-Parra, L.; Ramirez, V.; Niño, H.

doi:10.1126/science.aaa2815

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Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway

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Authors:

C. Montes

A. Cardona

C. Jaramillo

Abstract

Early closing between oceans The Central American Seaway, which once separated the Panama Arc from South America, may have closed 10 million years earlier than is believed. Montes et al. report that certain minerals of Panamanian provenance began to appear in South America during the Middle Miocene,...

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