Global climate and Indonesian Throughflow during the Middle Miocene Climate Transition : a modeling approach

• Main Author: Frigola, Amanda
• Other Authors: Schulz, Michael, Prange, Matthias, Feulner, Georg
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2019
• Subjects: Middle Miocene Climate Transition; GCM; boundary conditions; ocean cooling; ocean circulation; CO2; Antarctic ice sheet; deep water formation; MOC; Indonesian Throughflow; 500; 500 Science; ddc:500; Antarctic; Gateway The; Indian; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/1665; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00107656-15

The current study focuses on the Middle Miocene Climate Transition (MMCT), a main global cooling step during the Cenozoic (66-0 Ma). This transition, likely triggered by changes in the Earth's orbital configuration and a decrease in atmospheric CO2 concentration, entailed major expansion of the...