Glacial induced closure of the Panamanian Gateway during Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 95-100 (~2.5 Ma)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 404, Issue , 2014, Pages 296-306

  Groeneveld, J ^a,c   Hathorne, E C ^a,d   Steinke, S ^a   DeBey, H ^b,e   Mackensen, A ^c   Tiedemann, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e Few Environment Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Mg Ca; Panamanian gateway; Planktonic foraminifera; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW;

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CALCIUM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MAGNESIUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING; WATER COLUMN; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI;

EID: 84906492466     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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