Seasonally resolved isotopic temperature data as a tool for identifying the cause of marine climate change in the Pliocene

• Main Authors: Johnson, Andrew L. A., Valentine, Annemarie, Leng, Melanie J., Sloane, Hilary J., Schoene, Bernd, Surge, Donna
• Other Authors: University of Derby, University of Loughborough, British Geological Survey, University of Mainz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Palaeoceanography; Pliocene; Sclerochronology; USA; Harper; Knowles; Valentine; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621800

Alteration in the pattern and vigour of ocean currents has often been invoked as the principal driver of changes in regional climate, including cases in the recent past (Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene) and instances predicted in the near future. The theory behind such interpretations is, however...