Holocene and Eemian sea surface temperature trends as revealed by alkenone and Mg/Ca paleothermometry

G Leduc, R Schneider, JH Kim, G Lohmann - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
In this study we review a global set of alkenone-and foraminiferal Mg/Ca-derived sea
surface temperatures (SST) records from the Holocene and compare them with a suite of …

Planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca as a proxy for past oceanic temperatures: a methodological overview and data compilation for the Last Glacial Maximum

S Barker, I Cacho, H Benway, K Tachikawa - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
As part of the Multi-proxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean (MARGO)
incentive, published and unpublished temperature reconstructions for the Last Glacial …

Evolution of ocean temperature and ice volume through the mid-Pleistocene climate transition

H Elderfield, P Ferretti, M Greaves, S Crowhurst… - science, 2012 - science.org
Earth's climate underwent a fundamental change between 1250 and 700 thousand years
ago, the mid-Pleistocene transition (MPT), when the dominant periodicity of climate cycles …

Remote and local drivers of Pleistocene South Asian summer monsoon precipitation: A test for future predictions

SC Clemens, M Yamamoto, K Thirumalai, L Giosan… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
South Asian precipitation amount and extreme variability are predicted to increase due to
thermodynamic effects of increased 21st-century greenhouse gases, accompanied by an …

Effects of seawater carbonate ion concentration and temperature on shell U, Mg, and Sr in cultured planktonic foraminifera

AD Russell, B Hönisch, HJ Spero, DW Lea - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2004 - Elsevier
We investigate the sensitivity of U/Ca, Mg/Ca, and Sr/Ca to changes in seawater [CO32−]
and temperature in calcite produced by the two planktonic foraminifera species, Orbulina …

West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions

CD Hillenbrand, JA Smith, DA Hodell, M Greaves… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Glaciological and oceanographic observations coupled with numerical models show that
warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) incursions onto the West Antarctic continental shelf …

Calibrations for benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca paleothermometry and the carbonate ion hypothesis

H Elderfield, J Yu, P Anand, T Kiefer… - Earth and Planetary …, 2006 - Elsevier
Benthic foraminiferal magnesium/calcium ratios were determined on one hundred and forty
core-top samples from the Atlantic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, the Indian Ocean, the …

Traditional and emerging geochemical proxies in foraminifera

ME Katz, BS Cramer, A Franzese… - The Journal of …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Geochemical analyses of the carbonate tests calcified by foraminifera have provided much
of the foundation for reconstructions of past ocean and climate conditions, and for …

Controls on shell Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca in cultured planktonic foraminiferan, Globigerinoides ruber (white)

B Kısakürek, A Eisenhauer, F Böhm… - Earth and Planetary …, 2008 - Elsevier
Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios were determined on a single species of planktonic foraminiferan,
Globigerinoides ruber (white), collected from the Gulf of Eilat and cultured in seawater at five …

Climate evolution through the onset and intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

EL McClymont, SL Ho, HL Ford, I Bailey… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pliocene Epoch (∼ 5.3–2.6 million years ago, Ma) was characterized by a
warmer than present climate with smaller Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, and offers an …