Pronounced zonal heterogeneity in Eocene southern high-latitude sea surface temperatures

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Douglas, P.M.J., Affek, H.P., Ivany, L.C., Houben, A.J.P., Sijp, W.P., Sluijs, A., Schouten, S., Pagani, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Sea; Pacific; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://imis.nioz.nl/imis.php?module=ref&refid=239910

Paleoclimate studies suggest that increased global warmth during the Eocene epoch was greatly amplified at high latitudes, a state that climate models cannot fully reproduce. However, proxy estimates of Eocene near-Antarctic sea surface temperatures (SSTs) have produced widely divergent results at s...