Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1153-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1153-2017
Research article
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11 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 11 Sep 2017

Highly variable Pliocene sea surface conditions in the Norwegian Sea

Paul E. Bachem, Bjørg Risebrobakken, Stijn De Schepper, and Erin L. McClymont

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We present a high-resolution multi-proxy study of the Norwegian Sea, covering the 5.33 to 3.14 Ma time window within the Pliocene. We show that large-scale climate transitions took place during this warmer than modern time, most likely in response to ocean gateway transformations. Strong warming at 4.0 Ma in the Norwegian Sea, when regions closer to Greenland cooled, indicate that increased northward ocean heat transport may be compatible with expanding glaciation and Arctic sea ice growth.