Paleoceanography and ice sheet variability offshore Wilkes Land, Antarctica – Part 2: Insights from Oligocene–Miocene dinoflagellate cyst assemblages

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: P. K. Bijl, A. J. P. Houben, J. D. Hartman, J. Pross, A. Salabarnada, C. Escutia, F. Sangiorgi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: Environmental pollution; TD172-193.5; Environmental protection; TD169-171.8; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1015-2018; https://doaj.org/article/4f2460d09c7c443d8ebc50b125a3ea1b

Next to atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, ice-proximal oceanographic conditions are a critical factor for the stability of Antarctic marine-terminating ice sheets. The Oligocene and Miocene epochs ( ∼ 34–5 Myr ago) were time intervals with atmospheric CO 2 concentrations between those of present-day...