PP018
Miocene climate dynamics: from poles to tropics and land to sea
Miocene climate dynamics: from poles to tropics and land to sea
Session ID#: 255219
Session Description:
Miocene climate archives represent an opportunity to gain insight into processes that influence and are affected by climate change and to provide plausible analogs for future warming. During the Miocene, the Earth system experienced dynamic changes: continents' positions resembled those of present-day, but topography changed, sea levels fluctuated, ice sheets were dynamic, CO2 levels varied, and flora and fauna evolved into taxa that exist today. Our understanding of processes driving these changes are still developing. This session explores the processes, forcings, and feedbacks operating within the Earth system during the Miocene, Oligocene-Miocene transition, and Miocene-Pliocene transition. We seek submissions across a board range of topics, including but not limited to marine and terrestrial climate records, carbon cycle dynamics, cryosphere dynamics, atmosphere and ocean circulation, evolution of biota and ecosystems, and changes in paleogeography and topography. We welcome contributions based on proxy records, numerical models, or other innovative approaches.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- B - Biogeosciences
- C - Cryosphere
- GC - Global Environmental Change
- OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:
0726 Ice sheets [CRYOSPHERE]
1620 Climate dynamics [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4255 Numerical modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4912 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
Primary Convener: Dr. Xiaoqing Liu, Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Conveners: Anta-Clarisse Sarr, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States, Dr. Imogen Mireille Browne, MSc, PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Earth Sciences, Binghamton, United States and Anna Ruth Halberstadt, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Samantha Bombard, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, Amherst, MA, United States
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