The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

History, mass loss, structure, and dynamic behavior of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

RE Bell, H Seroussi - Science, 2020 - science.org
Antarctica contains most of Earth's fresh water stored in two large ice sheets. The more
stable East Antarctic Ice Sheet is larger and older, rests on higher topography, and hides …

Climatic and tectonic drivers of late Oligocene Antarctic ice volume

B Duncan, R McKay, R Levy, T Naish, JG Prebble… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cenozoic evolution of the Antarctic ice sheets is thought to be driven primarily by long-term
changes in radiative forcing, but the tectonic evolution of Antarctica may also have played a …

A large West Antarctic Ice Sheet explains early Neogene sea-level amplitude

JW Marschalek, L Zurli, F Talarico, T Van de Flierdt… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Early to Middle Miocene sea-level oscillations of approximately 40–60 m estimated
from far-field records,–are interpreted to reflect the loss of virtually all East Antarctic ice …

Obliquity forcing of lake-level changes and organic carbon burial during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age

R Wei, R Zhang, M Li, X Wang, Z Jin - Global and Planetary Change, 2023 - Elsevier
The linkages between the astronomical forcing of sea-level oscillations, the environment,
and climate change during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) add to our understanding of …

Orbital climate variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau across the Eocene–Oligocene transition

H Ao, G Dupont-Nivet, EJ Rohling, P Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The first major build-up of Antarctic glaciation occurred in two consecutive stages across the
Eocene–Oligocene transition (EOT): the EOT-1 cooling event at~ 34.1–33.9 Ma and the Oi-1 …

Eccentricity-paced monsoon variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau in the Late Oligocene high CO2 world

H Ao, D Liebrand, MJ Dekkers, P Zhang, Y Song… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Constraining monsoon variability and dynamics in the warm unipolar icehouse world of the
Late Oligocene can provide important clues to future climate responses to global warming …

The evolving paleobathymetry of the circum‐Antarctic Southern Ocean since 34 Ma: A key to understanding past cryosphere‐ocean developments

K Hochmuth, K Gohl, G Leitchenkov… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Southern Ocean is a key player in the climate, ocean, and atmospheric system.
As the only direct connection between all three major oceans since the opening of the …

Millennial-scale variability of the Antarctic ice sheet during the early Miocene

NB Sullivan, SR Meyers, RH Levy… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Millennial-scale ice sheet variability (1–15 kyr periods) is well documented in the
Quaternary, providing insight into critical atmosphere–ocean–cryosphere interactions that …

Astronomical forcing of the hydrological cycle in the Weihe Basin (North China) during the middle to late Eocene

R Zhang, C Huang, DB Kemp, Z Wang, Z Zhang… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The middle to late Eocene marked a key transition from greenhouse to coolhouse. However,
a lack of high-resolution and temporally well-constrained continental records hinders our …