CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
The development of a permanent, stable ice sheet in East Antarctica happened during the middle Miocene, about 14 million years (Myr) ago. The middle Miocene therefore represents one of the distinct phases of rapid change in the transition from the “greenhouse” of the early Eocene to the “icehouse” o...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:503160 2023-05-15T13:48:07+02:00 CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Badger, Marcus P.S. Lear, Caroline H. Pancost, Richard D. Foster, Gavin L. Bailey, Trevor R. Leng, Melanie J. Abels, Hemmo A. 2013 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503160/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503160/1/palo20015.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20015 en eng American Geophysical Union https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503160/1/palo20015.pdf Badger, Marcus P.S.; Lear, Caroline H.; Pancost, Richard D.; Foster, Gavin L.; Bailey, Trevor R.; Leng, Melanie J. orcid:0000-0003-1115-5166 Abels, Hemmo A. 2013 CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Paleoceanography, 28 (1). 42-53. https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20015 <https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20015> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20015 2023-02-04T19:37:42Z The development of a permanent, stable ice sheet in East Antarctica happened during the middle Miocene, about 14 million years (Myr) ago. The middle Miocene therefore represents one of the distinct phases of rapid change in the transition from the “greenhouse” of the early Eocene to the “icehouse” of the present day. Carbonate carbon isotope records of the period immediately following the main stage of ice sheet development reveal a major perturbation in the carbon system, represented by the positive δ13C excursion known as carbon maximum 6 (“CM6”), which has traditionally been interpreted as reflecting increased burial of organic matter and atmospheric pCO2 drawdown. More recently, it has been suggested that the δ13C excursion records a negative feedback resulting from the reduction of silicate weathering and an increase in atmospheric pCO2. Here we present high-resolution multi-proxy (alkenone carbon and foraminiferal boron isotope) records of atmospheric carbon dioxide and sea surface temperature across CM6. Similar to previously published records spanning this interval, our records document a world of generally low (~300 ppm) atmospheric pCO2 at a time generally accepted to be much warmer than today. Crucially, they also reveal a pCO2 decrease with associated cooling, which demonstrates that the carbon burial hypothesis for CM6 is feasible and could have acted as a positive feedback on global cooling Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Ice Sheet Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic East Antarctica Paleoceanography 28 1 42 53 |
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The development of a permanent, stable ice sheet in East Antarctica happened during the middle Miocene, about 14 million years (Myr) ago. The middle Miocene therefore represents one of the distinct phases of rapid change in the transition from the “greenhouse” of the early Eocene to the “icehouse” of the present day. Carbonate carbon isotope records of the period immediately following the main stage of ice sheet development reveal a major perturbation in the carbon system, represented by the positive δ13C excursion known as carbon maximum 6 (“CM6”), which has traditionally been interpreted as reflecting increased burial of organic matter and atmospheric pCO2 drawdown. More recently, it has been suggested that the δ13C excursion records a negative feedback resulting from the reduction of silicate weathering and an increase in atmospheric pCO2. Here we present high-resolution multi-proxy (alkenone carbon and foraminiferal boron isotope) records of atmospheric carbon dioxide and sea surface temperature across CM6. Similar to previously published records spanning this interval, our records document a world of generally low (~300 ppm) atmospheric pCO2 at a time generally accepted to be much warmer than today. Crucially, they also reveal a pCO2 decrease with associated cooling, which demonstrates that the carbon burial hypothesis for CM6 is feasible and could have acted as a positive feedback on global cooling |
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Badger, Marcus P.S. Lear, Caroline H. Pancost, Richard D. Foster, Gavin L. Bailey, Trevor R. Leng, Melanie J. Abels, Hemmo A. |
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Badger, Marcus P.S. Lear, Caroline H. Pancost, Richard D. Foster, Gavin L. Bailey, Trevor R. Leng, Melanie J. Abels, Hemmo A. CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Badger, Marcus P.S. Lear, Caroline H. Pancost, Richard D. Foster, Gavin L. Bailey, Trevor R. Leng, Melanie J. Abels, Hemmo A. |
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Badger, Marcus P.S. |
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CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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co2 drawdown following the middle miocene expansion of the antarctic ice sheet |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503160/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503160/1/palo20015.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20015 |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503160/1/palo20015.pdf Badger, Marcus P.S.; Lear, Caroline H.; Pancost, Richard D.; Foster, Gavin L.; Bailey, Trevor R.; Leng, Melanie J. orcid:0000-0003-1115-5166 Abels, Hemmo A. 2013 CO2 drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Paleoceanography, 28 (1). 42-53. https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20015 <https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20015> |
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