Evidence of ‘Mid‐Pliocene (˜3 Ma) global warmth’ in the eastern Arctic Ocean and implications for the Svalbard/Barents Sea ice sheet during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene (˜3 – 1.7 Ma)

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: KNIES, JOCHEN, MATTHIESSEN, JENS, VOGT, CHRISTOPH, STEIN, RUEDIGER
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Barents Sea; Yermak Plateau; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*; Sea ice; Svalbard-Barents Sea Ice sheet; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2002.tb01058.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.2002.tb01058.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2002.tb01058.x

A multiproxy analysis of Hole 911A (Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 151) drilled on the Yermak Plateau (eastern Arctic Ocean) is used to investigate the behaviour of the Svalbard/Barents Sea ice sheet (SBIS) during late Pliocene and early Pleistocene (˜3.0–1.7 Ma) climate changes. Contemporary with...