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author Warny, Sophie
Askin, R A
Hannah, Mike J
Mohr, Barbara A R
Raine, J Ian
Harwood, David M
Florindo, Fabio
author_facet Warny, Sophie
Askin, R A
Hannah, Mike J
Mohr, Barbara A R
Raine, J Ian
Harwood, David M
Florindo, Fabio
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents An exceptional triple palynological signal (unusually high abundance of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial palynomorphs) recovered from a core collected during the 2007 ANDRILL (Antarctic geologic drilling program) campaign in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, provides constraints for the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum. Compared to elsewhere in the core, this signal comprises a 2000-fold increase in two species of dinoflagellate cysts, a synchronous five-fold increase in freshwater algae, and up to an 80-fold increase in terrestrial pollen, including a proliferation of woody plants. Together, these shifts in the palynological assemblages ca. 15.7 Ma ago represent a relatively short period of time during which Antarctica became abruptly much warmer. Land temperatures reached 10 °C (January mean), estimated annual sea-surface temperatures ranged from 0 to 11.5 °C, and increased freshwater input lowered the salinity during a short period of sea-ice reduction.
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spellingShingle (Supplement) Concentration in palynomorphs per gram of dry sediment in ANDRILL core AND-2A
Warny, Sophie
Askin, R A
Hannah, Mike J
Mohr, Barbara A R
Raine, J Ian
Harwood, David M
Florindo, Fabio
Algae, freshwater; AND-2A; Core; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Nothofagidites spp.; Operculodinium centrocarpum; Palynomorpha; Palynomorpha, terrestrial; Podocarpidites sp.; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; Pyxidinopsis braboi; SMS__Campaign; Southern McMurdo Sound; SPP1158
An exceptional triple palynological signal (unusually high abundance of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial palynomorphs) recovered from a core collected during the 2007 ANDRILL (Antarctic geologic drilling program) campaign in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, provides constraints for the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum. Compared to elsewhere in the core, this signal comprises a 2000-fold increase in two species of dinoflagellate cysts, a synchronous five-fold increase in freshwater algae, and up to an 80-fold increase in terrestrial pollen, including a proliferation of woody plants. Together, these shifts in the palynological assemblages ca. 15.7 Ma ago represent a relatively short period of time during which Antarctica became abruptly much warmer. Land temperatures reached 10 °C (January mean), estimated annual sea-surface temperatures ranged from 0 to 11.5 °C, and increased freshwater input lowered the salinity during a short period of sea-ice reduction.
title (Supplement) Concentration in palynomorphs per gram of dry sediment in ANDRILL core AND-2A
topic Algae, freshwater; AND-2A; Core; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Nothofagidites spp.; Operculodinium centrocarpum; Palynomorpha; Palynomorpha, terrestrial; Podocarpidites sp.; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; Pyxidinopsis braboi; SMS__Campaign; Southern McMurdo Sound; SPP1158
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.858994