Fig. 6: Deep water circulation through the Indonesian Gateway since ca. 23 Ma.
From: South China Sea records Late Miocene reorganization of western Pacific deep circulation
a-c Variation of Circumpolar Deep Water, development of contourite drifts, and final closure of the Indonesian Gateway. d Modern geography of the Sulawesi and Miocene deep-water sedimentary features47. e Shoaling and restriction of the Sulawesi pathway through geological timescale. Regional paleobathymetry maps48 (Mollweide projection) and bathymetric profiles3,48 are derived from previous models (Supplementary Fig. 4).
