2008), Quaternary paleoceanography of the central Arctic based on IODP ACEX 302 foraminiferal assemblages, Paleoceanography

• Main Authors: Thomas M. Cronin, Shannon A. Smith, John King
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Morris Jesup Rise; Foraminifera*; Lomonosov Ridge; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.571.9801; http://www.epoc.u-bordeaux.fr/indiv/Eynaud/Cronin_08.pdf

Lomonosov Ridge in the central Arctic Ocean recovered a continuous 18 m record of Quaternary foraminifera yielding evidence for seasonally ice-free interglacials during the Matuyama, progressive development of large glacials during the mid-Pleistocene transition (MPT) 1.2–0.9 Ma, and the onset of hi...