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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7093
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
The history of the Arctic Ocean during the Cenozoic era (0-65 million years ago) is largely unknown from direct evidence. Here we present a Cenozoic palaeoceanographic record constructed from >400 m of sediment core from a recent drilling expedition to the Lomonosov ridge in the Arctic Ocean. Our record shows a palaeoenvironmental transition from a warm 'greenhouse' world, during the late Palaeocene and early Eocene epochs, to a colder 'icehouse' world influenced by sea ice and icebergs from the middle Eocene epoch to the present. For the most recent approximately 14 Myr, we find sedimentation rates of 1-2 cm per thousand years, in stark contrast to the substantially lower rates proposed in earlier studies; this record of the Neogene reveals cooling of the Arctic that was synchronous with the expansion of Greenland ice (approximately 3.2 Myr ago) and East Antarctic ice (approximately 14 Myr ago). We find evidence for the first occurrence of ice-rafted debris in the middle Eocene epoch (approximately 45 Myr ago), some 35 Myr earlier than previously thought; fresh surface waters were present at approximately 49 Myr ago, before the onset of ice-rafted debris. Also, the temperatures of surface waters during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (approximately 55 Myr ago) appear to have been substantially warmer than previously estimated. The revised timing of the earliest Arctic cooling events coincides with those from Antarctica, supporting arguments for bipolar symmetry in climate change.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:Almirón-RoigEE, pubmed-author:BackmanJanJ, pubmed-author:BrinkhuisHenkH, pubmed-author:CroninThomasT, pubmed-author:DickensGerald RGR, pubmed-author:EynaudFrédériqueF, pubmed-author:FarrellJohnJ, pubmed-author:FrankMartinM, pubmed-author:GattaccecaJérômeJ, pubmed-author:JakobssonMartinM, pubmed-author:JokatWilfriedW, pubmed-author:JordanRichard WRW, pubmed-author:KaminskiMichaelM, pubmed-author:KingJohnJ, pubmed-author:KristoffersenYngveY, pubmed-author:KrylovAlexeyA, pubmed-author:KubikPeterP, pubmed-author:MartinezNahysaN, pubmed-author:MatthiessenJensJ, pubmed-author:McInroyDavidD, pubmed-author:MooreTheodore CTC, pubmed-author:MoranKathrynK, pubmed-author:NaiduK SKS, pubmed-author:O'ReganMatthewM, pubmed-author:OnoderaJonaotaroJ, pubmed-author:PälikeHeikoH, pubmed-author:ReaBriceB, pubmed-author:RioDomenicoD, pubmed-author:SakamotoTatsuhikoT, pubmed-author:SmithDavid CDC, pubmed-author:St JohnKristenK, pubmed-author:SteinRuedigerR, pubmed-author:SutoItsukiI, pubmed-author:SuzukiNoritoshiN, pubmed-author:TakahashiKozoK, pubmed-author:WatanabeMahitoM, pubmed-author:YamamotoMasanobuM
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
441
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
601-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean.
pubmed:affiliation
Graduate School of Oceanography & Department of Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, USA. kate.moran@gso.uri.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article