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SUBMITTER: Horikawa K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4491831 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Horikawa Keiji K Martin Ellen E EE Basak Chandranath C Onodera Jonaotaro J Seki Osamu O Sakamoto Tatsuhiko T Ikehara Minoru M Sakai Saburo S Kawamura Kimitaka K
Nature communications 20150629
Warming of high northern latitudes in the Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Myr ago) has been linked to the closure of the Central American Seaway and intensification of North Atlantic Deep Water. Subsequent cooling in the late Pliocene may be related to the effects of freshwater input from the Arctic Ocean via the Bering Strait, disrupting North Atlantic Deep Water formation and enhancing sea ice formation. However, the timing of Arctic freshening has not been defined. Here we present neodymium and lead isot ...[more]