Micropaleontological evidence for increased meridional heat transport in the north atlantic ocean during the pliocene

H J Dowsett; T M Cronin; R Z Poore; R S Thompson; R C Whatley; A M Wood

doi:10.1126/science.258.5085.1133

Micropaleontological evidence for increased meridional heat transport in the north atlantic ocean during the pliocene

Science. 1992 Nov 13;258(5085):1133-5. doi: 10.1126/science.258.5085.1133.

Authors

H J Dowsett, T M Cronin, R Z Poore, R S Thompson, R C Whatley, A M Wood

PMID: 17789085
DOI: 10.1126/science.258.5085.1133

Abstract

The Middle Pliocene ( approximately 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.