Bering Sea surface water conditions during Marine Isotope Stages 12 to 10 at Navarin Canyon (IODP Site U1345)

• Main Authors: Caissie, Beth E., Brigham-Grette, Julie, Cook, Mea S., Colmenero-Hidalgo, Elena
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Iowa State University Digital Repository 2016
• Subjects: Climate; Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Bering Strait; Navarin; Pacific; Climate change; North Atlantic; Pacific Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ge_at_pubs/132; https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1131&context=ge_at_pubs

Records of past warm periods are essential for understanding interglacial climate system dynamics. Marine Isotope Stage 11 occurred from 425 to 394 ka, when global ice volume was the lowest, sea level was the highest, and terrestrial temperatures were the warmest of the last 500 kyr. Because of its...