Enhanced magmatism played a dominant role in triggering the Miocene Climatic Optimum

Kosuke T. Goto; Maria Luisa G. Tejada; Eiichi Tajika; Katsuhiko Suzuki

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00684-x

Communications Earth & Environment (Jan 2023)

Enhanced magmatism played a dominant role in triggering the Miocene Climatic Optimum

Kosuke T. Goto,
Maria Luisa G. Tejada,
Eiichi Tajika,
Katsuhiko Suzuki

Affiliations

Kosuke T. Goto: Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
Maria Luisa G. Tejada: Volcano and Earth’s Interior Research Center, Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Eiichi Tajika: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku
Katsuhiko Suzuki: Submarine Resources Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00684-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The Miocene climatic optimum could have been triggered by coeval increase in magmatism, suggests global carbon cycle simulations constrained by seawater osmium isotope data from Pacific Ocean sediments.

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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