Arctic Oceanic Climate in Late Cenozoic Time

Faunal and lithologic evidence is used to reconstruct paleoceanographic events over the last 4.5 million years. The inception of perennial sea-ice cover is dated at about 0.7 million years.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science
Main Authors: Herman, Yvonne, Hopkins, David M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1980
Subjects:
Arctic
Sea ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.209.4456.557
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.209.4456.557
Description
Summary:Faunal and lithologic evidence is used to reconstruct paleoceanographic events over the last 4.5 million years. The inception of perennial sea-ice cover is dated at about 0.7 million years.

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