Mediterranean heat injection to the North Atlantic delayed the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations
Subsurface heat transfer from the subtropical Atlantic Ocean to high latitudes during the mid-to-late Pliocene may have been responsible for a delay in the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations, according to sedimentary proxy records and numerical modelling.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Communications Earth & Environment |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00232-5 |