Evidence for ice-free summers in the late Miocene central Arctic Ocean

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Stein, Ruediger ^a,b   Fahl, Kirsten ^a   Schreck, Michael ^c   Knorr, Gregor ^a   Niessen, Frank ^a   Forwick, Matthias ^d   Gebhardt, Catalina ^a   Jensen, Laura ^a   Kaminski, Michael ^e   Kopf, Achim ^b,f   Matthiessen, Jens ^a   Jokat, Wilfried ^a,b   Lohmann, Gerrit ^a,f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE COVER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; WARMING;

ARCTIC; CLIMATE; LATITUDE; MODEL; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPRING; SUMMER; UPPER MIOCENE; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84962721814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11148     Document Type: Article

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