Cyclostratigraphy and the problem of astrochronologic testing

SR Meyers - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
When Milankovitch cycles are preserved in the geologic record they provide a direct link
between chronometer and climate change, and thus a remarkable opportunity to constrain …

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 …

On the cause of the Mid‐Pleistocene transition

CJ Berends, P Köhler, LJ Lourens, RSW Van de Wal - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mid‐Pleistocene Transition (MPT), where the Pleistocene glacial cycles
changed from 41 to∼ 100 kyr periodicity, is one of the most intriguing unsolved issues in the …

Lessons from a high CO2 world: an ocean view from ~ 3 million years ago

EL McClymont, HL Ford, SL Ho… - Climate of the Past …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
A range of future climate scenarios are projected for high atmospheric CO 2 concentrations,
given uncertainties over future human actions as well as potential environmental and …

Indian Ocean salinity build-up primes deglacial ocean circulation recovery

S Nuber, JWB Rae, X Zhang, MB Andersen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Indian Ocean provides a source of salt for North Atlantic deep-water convection
sites, via the Agulhas Leakage, and may thus drive changes in the ocean's overturning …

[HTML][HTML] geoChronR–an R package to model, analyze, and visualize age-uncertain data

NP McKay, J Emile-Geay, D Khider - Geochronology, 2021 - gchron.copernicus.org
Chronological uncertainty is a hallmark of the paleoenvironmental sciences and
geosciences. While many tools have been made available to researchers to quantify age …

Pyleoclim: Paleoclimate timeseries analysis and visualization with Python

D Khider, J Emile‐Geay, F Zhu, A James… - Paleoceanography …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present a Python package geared toward the intuitive analysis and visualization of
paleoclimate timeseries, Pyleoclim. The code is open‐source, object‐oriented, and built …

Antarctic icebergs reorganize ocean circulation during Pleistocene glacials

A Starr, IR Hall, S Barker, T Rackow, X Zhang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The dominant feature of large-scale mass transfer in the modern ocean is the Atlantic
meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The geometry and vigour of this circulation …

Sustained mid-Pliocene warmth led to deep water formation in the North Pacific

HL Ford, NJ Burls, P Jacobs, A Jahn… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Geologic intervals of sustained warmth such as the mid-Pliocene Warm Period can inform
our understanding of future climate change, including the long-term consequences of …

Global and regional temperature change over the past 4.5 million years

PU Clark, JD Shakun, Y Rosenthal, P Köhler… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Much of our understanding of Cenozoic climate is based on the record of δ18O measured in
benthic foraminifera. However, this measurement reflects a combined signal of global …