Mediterranean heat injection to the North Atlantic delayed the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations

Subsurface heat transfer from the subtropical Atlantic Ocean to high latitudes during the mid-to-late Pliocene may have been responsible for a delay in the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations, according to sedimentary proxy records and numerical modelling.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors: Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr, André Bahr, Christian Stepanek, Maria Carolina Amorim Catunda, Cyrus Karas, Martin Ziegler, Ángela García-Gallardo, Patrick Grunert
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
Subjects:
Geology
QE1-996.5
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00232-5
https://doaj.org/article/7b458b7957074886b94fedd1a273b006
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Summary:Subsurface heat transfer from the subtropical Atlantic Ocean to high latitudes during the mid-to-late Pliocene may have been responsible for a delay in the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations, according to sedimentary proxy records and numerical modelling.

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