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Glob Planet Change. 2014 Dec;123:36-43. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.10.011.

Mid-Burdigalian Paratethyan alkenone record reveals link between orbital forcing, Antarctic ice-sheet dynamics and European climate at the verge to Miocene Climate Optimum.

Global and planetary change

Patrick Grunert, Alexandrina Tzanova, Mathias Harzhauser, Werner E Piller

Affiliations

  1. Institute for Earth Sciences, University of Graz, NAWI Graz, Heinrichstraße 26, 8010 Graz, Austria.
  2. Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
  3. Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 25844022 PMCID: PMC4375607 DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.10.011

Abstract

The Early Ottnangian Cooling (EOC), a distinct cold-spell in European climate at ~ 18 Ma preceding the Miocene Climate Optimum, is frequently reported in Paratethys records; however, the duration, magnitude, and underlying causes are poorly understood. A new palaeoclimatic data-set provides unexpected insights into this event. U

Keywords: Burdigalian; Early Ottnangian Cooling; Paratethys; alkenones; orbital forcing; palaeoclimate

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