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04 Apr 2023
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Lipid-biomarker-based sea surface temperature record offshore Tasmania over the last 23 million years
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584CB, the Netherlands
Foteini Lamprou
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584CB, the Netherlands
Frida S. Hoem
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584CB, the Netherlands
Mohammad Rizky Nanda Hadju
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584CB, the Netherlands
Francesca Sangiorgi
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584CB, the Netherlands
Francien Peterse
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584CB, the Netherlands
Peter K. Bijl
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584CB, the Netherlands
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Short summary
Neogene climate cooling is thought to be accompanied by increased Equator-to-pole temperature gradients, but mid-latitudes are poorly represented. We use biomarkers to reconstruct a 23 Myr continuous sea surface temperature record of the mid-latitude Southern Ocean. We note a profound mid-latitude cooling which narrowed the latitudinal temperature gradient with the northward expansion of subpolar conditions. We surmise that this reflects the strengthening of the ACC and the expansion of sea ice.
Neogene climate cooling is thought to be accompanied by increased Equator-to-pole temperature...
