The Miocene: the future of the past
dc.contributor.author | Steinthorsdottir, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Coxall, HK | |
dc.contributor.author | de Boer, AM | |
dc.contributor.author | Huber, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Barbolini, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Bradshaw, CD | |
dc.contributor.author | Burls, NJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Feakins, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Gasson, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Henderiks, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Holbourn, AE | |
dc.contributor.author | Kiel, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Kohn, MJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Knorr, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Kürschner, WM | |
dc.contributor.author | Lear, CH | |
dc.contributor.author | Liebrand, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Lunt, DJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Mörs, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Pearson, PN | |
dc.contributor.author | Pound, MJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Stoll, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Strömberg, CAE | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-25T12:52:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-12-23 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern conditions, and many flora and fauna evolved into the same taxa that exist today. Miocene climate was dynamic: long periods of early and late glaciation bracketed a ∼2 Myr greenhouse interval—the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO). Floras, faunas, ice sheets, precipitation, pCO , and ocean and atmospheric circulation mostly (but not ubiquitously) covaried with these large changes in climate. With higher temperatures and moderately higher pCO (∼400–600 ppm), the MCO has been suggested as a particularly appropriate analog for future climate scenarios, and for assessing the predictive accuracy of numerical climate models—the same models that are used to simulate future climate. Yet, Miocene conditions have proved difficult to reconcile with models. This implies either missing positive feedbacks in the models, a lack of knowledge of past climate forcings, or the need for re-interpretation of proxies, which might mitigate the model-data discrepancy. Our understanding of Miocene climatic, biogeochemical, and oceanic changes on broad spatial and temporal scales is still developing. New records documenting the physical, chemical, and biotic aspects of the Earth system are emerging, and together provide a more comprehensive understanding of this important time interval. Here, we review the state-of-the-art in Miocene climate, ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycling, ice sheet dynamics, and biotic adaptation research as inferred through proxy observations and modeling studies. 2 2 | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Swedish Research Council | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Swedish Research Council | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Swedish Research Council | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Environment Research Council | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 36, No. 4, e2020PA004037 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1029/2020PA004037 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NT7-2016 04,905 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 2016–03,912 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 2016–04,434 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 1602905 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/P019102 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/126193 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley/American Geophysical Union | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made | en_GB |
dc.subject | climate modeling | en_GB |
dc.subject | paleobiota | en_GB |
dc.subject | paleoclimate | en_GB |
dc.subject | paleoenvironments | en_GB |
dc.subject | review | en_GB |
dc.subject | the Miocene | en_GB |
dc.title | The Miocene: the future of the past | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-25T12:52:04Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2572-4517 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from Wiley via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability statement has been published in supporting information. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-12-17 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-12-23 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-06-25T12:36:42Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-06-25T12:53:36Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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