A Pleistocene warming Event at 1 Ma in Prydz Bay East Antarctica: evidence from ODP Site 1165.

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Villa, Giuliana, Florindo, Fabio, Pekar, Stephen, LUPI, CLAUDIA, COBIANCHI, MIRIAM
• Other Authors: Lupi, Claudia, Cobianchi, Miriam
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: PLEISTOCENE; ANTARCTICA; CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS; PRYDZ BAY; PALAEOCLIMATE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; Antarctic; Cape Roberts; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctica; Prydz Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11571/103242; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.08.017

Bio- and magnetostratigraphic age data and nannofossil assemblage analysis from ODP Site 1165 evidence an anomalous warming event of the surface waters in and around Prydz Bay during the Early Pleistocene, approximately 1 Ma. This results from an increase in the abundance of nannofossils at Site 116...