Age model and alkenone content from borehole Sdr Vdium in Denmark
We present the first continuous alkenone-based estimate of northern hemisphere sea surface temperatures from ~8.5-22 Myr. Reconstructed temperatures range from 11 to 20°C higher than modern mean annual temperature, with a clear maximum during the mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO). These results est...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
2020
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.921249 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.921249 |
Summary: | We present the first continuous alkenone-based estimate of northern hemisphere sea surface temperatures from ~8.5-22 Myr. Reconstructed temperatures range from 11 to 20°C higher than modern mean annual temperature, with a clear maximum during the mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO). These results establish that the MCO warming and partial deglaciation of the Antarctic was part of a global climatic warming. |
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