Antarctic records of precession-paced insolation-driven warming during early Pleistocene Marine Isotope Stage 31

• Main Authors: Scherer, R, Bohaty, S, Dunbar, Robert B, Esper, O, Flores, J, Gersonde, R, Harnwood, D, Roberts, Andrew, Taviani, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: Atmospheric temperature; Glacial geology; Global warming; Oceanography; Sea ice; Thermal stratification; Pleistocene marine isotope; Sea surface temperature; Water mass stratification; Geochronology; continental margin; ice sheet; interglacial; marine iso; Antarctic; Cape Roberts; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/18971

Precisely dated Antarctic continental margin and Southern Ocean geological records show that the early Pleistocene interglacial Marine Isotope Stage 31 (MIS-31) was characterized by warmer than present surface waters with reduced sea-ice and enhanced high latitude marine carbonate production. Microp...