Ocean Carbon Storage across the middle Miocene: a new interpretation for the Monterey Event

S. M. Sosdian; T. L. Babila; R. Greenop; G. L. Foster; C. H. Lear

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13792-0

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Ocean Carbon Storage across the middle Miocene: a new interpretation for the Monterey Event

S. M. Sosdian,
T. L. Babila,
R. Greenop,
G. L. Foster,
C. H. Lear

Affiliations

S. M. Sosdian: Cardiff University School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
T. L. Babila: National Oceanography Centre Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
R. Greenop: School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of St. Andrews
G. L. Foster: National Oceanography Centre Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
C. H. Lear: Cardiff University School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13792-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In this study, the authors use planktic foraminiferal data to reconstruct ocean carbonate chemistry and temperature from 16.5 to 11 Ma from a size in the tropical eastern Indian Ocean to look at the causes of the Monterey Excursion (ME). They find a positive relationship between dissolved inorganic (DIC) carbon and the ME and a negative one for DIC and the carbon maxima events.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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