Temperate Oligocene surface ocean conditions offshore of Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: Hoem, Frida S., Valero, Luis, Evangelinos, Dimitris, Escutia, Carlota, Duncan, Bella, McKay, Robert M., Brinkhuis, Henk, Sangiorgi, Francesca, Bijl, Peter K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Adare; Antarctic; Cape Adare; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1423-2021; https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/17/1423/2021/

Antarctic continental ice masses fluctuated considerably during the Oligocene “coolhouse”, at elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentrations of ∼600 –800 ppm. To assess the role of the ocean in the Oligocene ice sheet variability, reconstruction of past ocean conditions in the proximity of the Antarctic m...