Extended Data Fig. 5: Schematic diagram showing the short-term biotic events in relation to key changes in tectonics, climate and oceanography. | Nature

Extended Data Fig. 5: Schematic diagram showing the short-term biotic events in relation to key changes in tectonics, climate and oceanography.

From: Cenozoic history of the tropical marine biodiversity hotspot

Extended Data Fig. 5

25 Ma: first collision of Australia with Southeast Asia; 20 Ma: closure of the Tethys Seaway and closure of the Indonesian deep-water passage; 16 Ma: Mid-Miocene Climate Optimum; 12 Ma: intensification of the East Asian Monsoon; 5 Ma: restriction of the Indonesian Throughflow. Blue and orange shaded areas in the maps indicate continental shelf. Paleogeographic maps modified from Kocsis and Scotese73.

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