• DOI:10.1038/nature04123
Corpus ID: 4406410

Impacts of orbital forcing and atmospheric carbon dioxide on Miocene ice-sheet expansion

@article{Holbourn2005ImpactsOO,
  title={Impacts of orbital forcing and atmospheric carbon dioxide on Miocene ice-sheet expansion},
  author={A. Holbourn and W. Kuhnt and M. Schulz and H. Erlenkeuser},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2005},
  volume={438},
  pages={483-487}
}

• A. Holbourn, W. Kuhnt, +1 author H. Erlenkeuser
• Published 2005
• Geology, Medicine
• Nature

The processes causing the middle Miocene global cooling, which marked the Earth's final transition into an ‘icehouse’ climate about 13.9 million years ago (Myr ago), remain enigmatic. Tectonically driven circulation changes and variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been suggested as driving mechanisms, but the lack of adequately preserved sedimentary successions has made rigorous testing of these hypotheses difficult. Here we present high-resolution climate proxy records… Expand

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