Middle to late Miocene oxygen isotope stratigraphy of ODP site 1085 (SE Atlantic): new constrains on Miocene climate variability and sea-level fluctuations

• Main Authors: Westerhold, Thomas, Bickert, Torsten, Röhl, Ursula
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2005
• Subjects: 175-1085A; 175-1087C; Benguela Current; South Atlantic Ocean; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg175; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.694041; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.694041

The middle Miocene delta18O increase represents a fundamental change in earth's climate system due to a major expansion and permanent establishment of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet accompanied by some effect of deepwater cooling. The long-term cooling trend in the middle to late Miocene was supe...