Analysis of the middle Miocene climate transition from different Holes of IODP Site 321-U1337

• Main Authors: Carter, Samantha Cassie, Griffith, Elizabeth M, Penman, Donald E
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2018
• Subjects: 321-U1337A; 321-U1337C; 321-U1337D; Accumulation rate; barite; carbonate; mass; AGE; shift; Barium sulfate; Calcium carbonate; Carbon; flux per year; DEPTH; sediment/rock; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Event label; Exp321; Integrated Ocean Drilling Program / International Ocean Discovery Program; IODP; Joides Resolution; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Pacific Equatorial Age Transect II / Juan de Fuca; Sample code/label; Antarc*; Antarctic; Ice Sheet; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.893203; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.893203

The middle Miocene climate transition (MMCT) is characterized by an abrupt 1‰ increase in benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes at ca. 13.8 Ma, marking expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and transition of Earth's climate to a cooler, relatively stable glacial state. Also occurring during this...