Micropaleontological Evidence for Increased Meridional Heat Transport in the North Atlantic Ocean During the Pliocene
- 13 November 1992
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 258 (5085), 1133-1135
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.258.5085.1133
Abstract
The Middle Pliocene (∼3 million years ago) has been identified as the last time the Earth was significantly warmer than it was during the Last Interglacial and Holocene. A quantitative micropaleontological paleotemperature transect from equator to high latitudes in the North Atlantic indicates that Middle Pliocene warmth involved increased meridional oceanic heat transport.Keywords
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