Pollen abundances, and temperature and precipitation reconstruction for the Eocene to Oligocene transition in northern high latitudes

• Main Authors: Eldrett, James S, Greenwood, David R, Harding, Ian C, Huber, Matthew
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2007
• Subjects: 104-643A; 151-913B; 162-985A; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg104; Leg151; Leg162; North Greenland Sea; Norwegian Sea; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Antarc*; Antarctic; Greenland; Greenland Sea; North Greenland
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.770704; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.770704

A profound global climate shift took place at the Eocene-Oligocene transition (~33.5 million years ago) when Cretaceous/early Palaeogene greenhouse conditions gave way to icehouse conditions (Zachos et al., 2001, doi:10.1126/science.1059412; Coxall et al., 2005, doi:10.1038/nature03135; Lear et al.,...