Latest Pliocene Northern Hemisphere glaciation amplified by intensified Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Tatsuya Hayashi; Toshiro Yamanaka; Yuki Hikasa; Masahiko Sato; Yoshihiro Kuwahara; Masao Ohno

doi:10.1038/s43247-020-00023-4

Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2020)

Latest Pliocene Northern Hemisphere glaciation amplified by intensified Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Tatsuya Hayashi,
Toshiro Yamanaka,
Yuki Hikasa,
Masahiko Sato,
Yoshihiro Kuwahara,
Masao Ohno

Affiliations

Tatsuya Hayashi: Division of Environmental Changes, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University
Toshiro Yamanaka: School of Marine Resources and Environment, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Yuki Hikasa: Department of Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Masahiko Sato: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
Yoshihiro Kuwahara: Division of Environmental Changes, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University
Masao Ohno: Division of Environmental Changes, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00023-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Active overturning in the Nordic seas and strong Atlantic circulation coincided with enhanced glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere after 2.7 Ma, according to a multi-proxy investigation of cores from the IODP site U1314.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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