Onset of long-term cooling of Greenland near the Eocene-Oligocene boundary as revealed by branched tetraether lipids

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Schouten, S., Eldrett, J., Greenwood, D.R., Harding, I., Baas, M., Sinninghe Damste, J.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Greenland; Greenland Basin; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/50254/

The Eocene-Oligocene (E-O) boundary interval is considered to be one of the major transitions in Earth's climate, witnessing the first major expansion of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. However, the extent of the associated climatic cooling, especially for high northern latitude continental landm...