Pleistocene sea-surface temperature evolution: Early cooling, delayed glacial intensification, and implications for the mid-Pleistocene climate transition

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-193

  McClymont, Erin L ^a   Sosdian, Sindia M ^b,e   Rosell Melé, Antoni ^c,d   Rosenthal, Yair ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

100kyr world; Ice sheets; Mid Pleistocene transition; Sea surface temperatures

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COOLING; ICE SHEET; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PERIODICITY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84878222137     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.04.006     Document Type: Review

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