Articles | Volume 12, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1181-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1181-2016
Research article
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20 May 2016
Research article |  | 20 May 2016

Palaeogeographic controls on climate and proxy interpretation

Daniel J. Lunt, Alex Farnsworth, Claire Loptson, Gavin L. Foster, Paul Markwick, Charlotte L. O'Brien, Richard D. Pancost, Stuart A. Robinson, and Neil Wrobel

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We explore the influence of changing geography from the period ~ 150 million years ago to ~ 35 million years ago, using a set of 19 climate model simulations. We find that without any CO2 change, the global mean temperature is remarkably constant, but that regionally there are significant changes in temperature which we link back to changes in ocean circulation. Finally, we explore the implications of our findings for the interpretation of geological indicators of past temperatures.