Temperature gradients across the Pacific Ocean during the middle Miocene

LR Fox, BS Wade, A Holbourn… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the tropical Pacific Ocean exert powerful controls on
regional and global climates. Previous studies have suggested that during warm climate …

Initiation of the Western Pacific warm pool at the middle miocene climate transition?

SM Sosdian, CH Lear - Paleoceanography and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Across the middle Miocene, Earth's climate underwent a major cooling and
expansion of the Antarctic ice sheet. However, the associated response and development of …

Oceanography of the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean across the Oligocene‐Miocene Transition

D Liebrand, BS Wade, HM Beddow… - Paleoceanography …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The functioning of the Pacific Ocean—the world's largest ocean—during a warmer‐than‐
present paleoclimate state remains underexplored. We present planktonic and benthic …

The late Miocene to early Pliocene climate transition in the Southern Ocean

K Billups, C Kelly, E Pierce - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2008 - Elsevier
We have constructed a relatively high resolution (5–10 kyr) Globigerina bulloides stable
isotope record from Ocean Drilling Program Site 1088 (South Atlantic sector of the Southern …

Middle to late Miocene stepwise climate cooling: Evidence from a high‐resolution deep water isotope curve spanning 8 million years

A Holbourn, W Kuhnt, S Clemens, W Prell… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present high‐resolution (2–3 kyr) benthic foraminiferal stable isotopes in a
continuous, well‐preserved sedimentary archive from the West Pacific Ocean (Ocean …

Synchronous mid-Miocene upper and deep oceanic δ13C changes in the east equatorial Pacific linked to ocean cooling and ice sheet expansion

J Tian, W Ma, MW Lyle, JK Shackford - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
We present mid-Miocene (∼ 12.0–16.0 Ma) high-resolution (∼ 3.8 kyr) deep thermocline
planktonic foraminiferal δ 18 O and δ 13 C records at IODP Site U1337 from the eastern …

Eocene sea temperatures for the mid-latitude southwest Pacific from Mg/Ca ratios in planktonic and benthic foraminifera

JB Creech, JA Baker, CJ Hollis, HEG Morgans… - Earth and planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
We have used laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to
measure elemental (Mg/Ca, Al/Ca, Mn/Ca, Zn/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Ba/Ca) ratios of 13 species of …

Forcing of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures during the mid‐Pleistocene transition

E Schefuß, JS Sinninghe Damsté… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We compare a new mid‐Pleistocene sea surface temperature (SST) record from the eastern
tropical Atlantic to changes in continental ice volume, orbital insolation, Atlantic deepwater …

Middle Miocene ice sheet dynamics, deep‐sea temperatures, and carbon cycling: A Southern Ocean perspective

AE Shevenell, JP Kennett… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Relative contributions of ice volume and temperature change to the global∼ 1‰ δ18O
increase at∼ 14 Ma are required for understanding feedbacks involved in this major …

Relationship between surface-water temperature and ice-sheet expansion during the middle Miocene

S Ohta, K Kaiho, T Takei - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2003 - Elsevier
A three-fold expansion of the Antarctic ice sheet at 13.60, 12.82, and 11.60 Ma has been
inferred from δ18O maxima analyzed in planktonic and benthic foraminiferal tests, although …