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

• 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: 2020
• Subjects: Adare; Antarctic; Cape Adare; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2020-139; https://cp.copernicus.org/preprints/cp-2020-139/

Antarctic continental ice masses fluctuated considerably in size during the elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentrations (~ 600–800 ppm) of the Oligocene “coolhouse”. To evaluate the role of ocean conditions to the Oligocene ice sheet variability requires understanding of past ocean conditions around th...