Southern Ocean warming and Wilkes Land ice sheet retreat during the mid Miocene

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Sangiorgi, F, Bijl, PK, Passchier, S, Salzmann, U, Schouten, S, McKay, R, Cody, RD, Pross, J, Van de Flierdt, T, Bohaty, SM, Levy, R, Williams, T, Escutia, C, Brinkhuis, H
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Science & Technology - Other Topics; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ISOPRENOID TETRAETHER LIPIDS; MEMBRANE-LIPIDS; EAST ANTARCTICA; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; SIZE ANALYSIS; CARBON-CYCLE; EARLY EOCENE; TEX86 PROXY; CIRCULATION; MD Multidisciplinary; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; East Antarctica; Wilkes Land; Adélie Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/56275; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02609-7

Observations and model experiments highlight the importance of ocean heat in forcing ice sheet retreat during the present and geological past, but past ocean temperature data are virtually missing in ice sheet proximal locations. Here we document paleoceanographic conditions and the (in)stability of...