Benthic and planktic foraminiferal Mg/Ca, Ba/Ca and local seawater d18O estimates

• Main Authors: Yang, Xueping, Groeneveld, Jeroen, Jian, Zhimin, Steinke, Stephan, Giosan, Liviu
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: adjusted; AGE; Calculated from Mg/Ca ratios (Anand et al.; 2003); CDRILL; Core drilling; DEPTH; sediment/rock; Foraminifera; benthic; benthic δ18O; Fragmentation index; planktic foraminifera; ICP-MS (Thermo X7); Mass spectrometer; Finnigan; MAT253; connected with Automatic carbonate preparation line; Kiel III; NGHP-01-01A; Sea surface temperature; Trilobatus sacculifer; Barium/Calcium ratio; Manganese/Calcium ratio; δ18O; seawater; reconstructed; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.910403; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.910403

During the middle Miocene, Earth's climate changed from a global warm period (Miocene Climatic Optimum) into a colder one with the expansion of the Antarctic ice sheet. This prominent climate transition was also a period of drastic changes in global atmospheric circulation. The development of t...