Cenozoic evolution of deep ocean temperature from clumped isotope thermometry
Meckler, A.N.; Sexton, P.F.; Piasecki, A.M.; Leutert, T.J.; Marquardt, J.; Ziegler, M.; Agterhuis, T.; Lourens, L.J.; Rae, J.W.B.; Barnett, J.; Tripati, A.; Bernasconi, S.M. (2022). Cenozoic evolution of deep ocean temperature from clumped isotope thermometry. Science (Wash.) 377(6601): 86-90. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abk0604
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Meckler, A.N.
- Sexton, P.F.
- Piasecki, A.M.
- Leutert, T.J.
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- Marquardt, J.
- Ziegler, M.
- Agterhuis, T.
- Lourens, L.J.
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- Rae, J.W.B.
- Barnett, J.
- Tripati, A.
- Bernasconi, S.M.
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| Abstract |
Past climates may hold important clues about how the planet might respond to ongoing climate warming. Meckler et al. use clumped isotope thermometry on benthic foraminifera to reinterpret the record of the deep ocean temperature over the past 65 million years. They found that deep ocean temperatures were generally higher and more variable than earlier work suggests. Their results have implications for our understanding of deep sea temperature responses to atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, climate sensitivity, and ocean structure during times of minimal continental ice. |
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