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Herbert, Timothy D; Peterson, Laura C; Lawrence, Kira T; Liu, Zhonghui (2017): Tropical SSTs over the past 3.5 million years [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874752, Supplement to: Herbert, TD et al. (2010): Tropical Ocean Temperatures Over the Past 3.5 Million Years. Science, 328(5985), 1530-1534, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1185435

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Abstract:
Determining the timing and amplitude of tropical sea surface temperature (SST) change is an important part of solving the puzzle of the Plio-Pleistocene ice ages. Alkenone-based tropical SST records from the major ocean basins show coherent glacial-interglacial temperature changes of 1° to 3°C that align with (but slightly lead) global changes in ice volume and deep ocean temperature over the past 3.5 million years. Tropical temperatures became tightly coupled with benthic d18O and orbital forcing after 2.7 million years. We interpret the similarity of tropical SST changes, in dynamically dissimilar regions, to reflect "top-down" forcing through the atmosphere. The inception of a strong carbon dioxide-greenhouse gas feedback and amplification of orbital forcing at ~2.7 million years ago connected the fate of Northern Hemisphere ice sheets with global ocean temperatures since that time.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 7.898325 * Median Longitude: 18.377672 * South-bound Latitude: -3.095000 * West-bound Longitude: -90.818330 * North-bound Latitude: 19.456700 * East-bound Longitude: 116.272917
Date/Time Start: 1986-03-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-03-29T00:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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5 datasets

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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Herbert, TD; Peterson, LC; Lawrence, KT et al. (2017): Plio-Pleistocene tropical alkenone SST reconstructions for ODP Site 108-662. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874748
  2. Herbert, TD; Peterson, LC; Lawrence, KT et al. (2017): Plio-Pleistocene tropical alkenone SST reconstructions for ODP Site 117-722. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874749
  3. Herbert, TD; Peterson, LC; Lawrence, KT et al. (2017): Plio-Pleistocene tropical alkenone SST reconstructions for ODP Site 138-846. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874750
  4. Herbert, TD; Peterson, LC; Lawrence, KT et al. (2017): Plio-Pleistocene tropical alkenone SST reconstructions for ODP Site 184-1146. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874751
  5. Herbert, TD; Peterson, LC; Lawrence, KT et al. (2017): Alkenone base tropical SST stack 0-5 Ma. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874746