Miocene paleoceanography at Rockall Plateau site 982

• Other Authors: Keating, Ronan Stephen (author), Miller, Kenneth (chair), Wright, James D (member), Browning, James V (member), Rutgers University, School of Graduate Studies
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Paleoclimate science; Middle Miocene climate transition; Miocene climate optimum; Miocene foraminifera; Miocene North Atlantic; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Rockall Plateau; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://dissertations.umi.com/gsnb.rutgers:13104

The Miocene Epoch contains two juxtaposed end-member climate states beginning with the Miocene Climate Optimum (MCO) (17-14.8 Ma), the most recent interval of ice-free or near ice-free conditions, and ending with the abrupt establishment of a permanent East Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Middle Mioc...