Document Type
Article
Version Deposited
Published Version
Publication Date
12-21-2018
Publication Title
Climate of the Past
DOI
10.5194/cp-14-2071-2018
Abstract
The Mid-Brunhes Transition (MBT) began ∼ 430 ka with an increase in the amplitude of the 100 kyr climate cycles of the past 800 000 years. The MBT has been identified in ice-core records, which indicate interglaciations became warmer with higher atmospheric CO2 levels after the MBT, and benthic oxygen isotope (δ18O) records, which suggest that post-MBT interglaciations had higher sea levels and warmer temperatures than pre-MBT interglaciations. It remains unclear, however, whether the MBT was a globally synchronous phenomenon that included other components of the climate system. Here, we further characterize changes in the climate system across the MBT through statistical analyses of ice-core and δ18O records as well as sea-surface temperature, benthic carbon isotope, and dust accumulation records. Our results demonstrate that the MBT was a global event with a significant increase in climate variance in most components of the climate system assessed here. However, our results indicate that the onset of high-amplitude variability in temperature, atmospheric CO2, and sea level at ∼430 ka was preceded by changes in the carbon cycle, ice sheets, and monsoon strength during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 14 and MIS 13.
Recommended Citation
Barth, Aaron M.; Clark, Peter U.; Bill, Nicholas S.; He, Feng; and Pisias, Nicklas G., "Climate evolution across the Mid-Brunhes transition" (2018). School of Earth & Environment Faculty Scholarship. 36.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/see_facpub/36
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Published Citation
Barth, A. M., Clark, P. U., Bill, N. S., He, F., & Pisias, N. G. (2018). Climate evolution across the Mid-Brunhes Transition. Climate of the Past, 14, 2071–2087. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-2071-2018
Comments
Climate of the Past is an open-access journal of the European Geosciences Union.