title: Micropaleontological evidence for increased meridional heat transport in the north atlantic ocean during the pliocene.
abstract: The Middle Pliocene ( approximately 3 million years ago) has been identified as the last time the Earth was significantly warmer than it was during the Last Interglacial and Holocene. A quantitative micropaleontological paleotemperature transect from equator to high latitudes in the North Atlantic indicates that Middle Pliocene warmth involved increased meridional oceanic heat transport.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Dowsett
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: R Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Poore
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Whatley
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wood