Sustained mid-Pliocene warmth led to deep water formation in the North Pacific

Heather L Ford1, Natalie Burls2, Peter Jacobs3, Friso De Graaf1, Alexandra Jahn4, Rocio P Caballero-Gill5, David A Hodell6 and Alexey V Fedorov7, (1)Queen Mary, University of London, School of Geography, London, United Kingdom, (2)George Mason University, Fairfax, United States, (3)George Mason University, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Fairfax, VA, United States, (4)University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Boulder, CO, United States, (5)George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States, (6)University of Cambridge, Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (7)Yale University, New Haven, United States