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 …

[HTML][HTML] The Eocene–Oligocene transition: a review of marine and terrestrial proxy data, models and model–data comparisons

DK Hutchinson, HK Coxall, DJ Lunt… - Climate of the …, 2021 - cp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Eocene–Oligocene transition (EOT) was a climate shift from a largely ice-free
greenhouse world to an icehouse climate, involving the first major glaciation of Antarctica …

[HTML][HTML] The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: Methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data …

CJ Hollis, T Dunkley Jones… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
The early Eocene (56 to 48 million years ago) is inferred to have been the most recent time
that Earth's atmospheric CO 2 concentrations exceeded 1000 ppm. Global mean …

The evolution of pCO2, ice volume and climate during the middle Miocene

GL Foster, CH Lear, JWB Rae - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
The middle Miocene Climatic Optimum (17–15Ma; MCO) is a period of global warmth and
relatively high CO2 and is thought to be associated with a significant retreat of the Antarctic …

Late Cretaceous–Neogene trends in deep ocean temperature and continental ice volume: Reconciling records of benthic foraminiferal geochemistry (δ18O and Mg …

BS Cramer, KG Miller, PJ Barrett… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We reconstruct trends in ice volume and deep ocean temperature for the past 108 Myr,
resolving variations on timescales of∼ 2 Myr and longer. We use a sea level record as a …

Cenozoic evolution of deep ocean temperature from clumped isotope thermometry

AN Meckler, PF Sexton, AM Piasecki, TJ Leutert… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Characterizing past climate states is crucial for understanding the future consequences of
ongoing greenhouse gas emissions. Here, we revisit the benchmark time series for deep …

[HTML][HTML] Constraining the evolution of Neogene ocean carbonate chemistry using the boron isotope pH proxy

SM Sosdian, R Greenop, MP Hain, GL Foster… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the course of the Neogene, the Earth underwent profound climatic shifts from the
sustained warmth of the middle Miocene to the development of Plio-Pleistocene glacial …

Dynamic Antarctic ice sheet during the early to mid-Miocene

E Gasson, RM DeConto, D Pollard… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Geological data indicate that there were major variations in Antarctic ice sheet volume and
extent during the early to mid-Miocene. Simulating such large-scale changes is problematic …

Ocean carbon storage across the middle Miocene: A new interpretation for the Monterey Event

SM Sosdian, TL Babila, R Greenop, GL Foster… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO, 14–17 Ma) was~ 3–4° C warmer than
present, similar to estimates for 2100. Coincident with the MCO is the Monterey positive …

Early Paleogene temperature history of the Southwest Pacific Ocean: Reconciling proxies and models

CJ Hollis, KWR Taylor, L Handley, RD Pancost… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
We present a new multiproxy (TEX86, δ18O and Mg/Ca), marine temperature history for
Canterbury Basin, eastern New Zealand, that extends from middle Paleocene to middle …