Sea level and deep-sea temperature reconstructions suggest quasi-stable states and critical transitions over the past 40 million years
Eelco J. Rohling, Jimin Yu, David Heslop, Gavin L. Foster, Bradley N. Opdyke, Andrew P. Roberts
Abstract
records over the past 40 million years suggests that Earth's climate system has complex dynamical behavior, with threshold-like adjustments (critical transitions) that separate quasi-stable deep-sea temperature and ice-volume states.
Topics & Concepts
OceanographyClimate changeSea levelDeep seaClimatologyGeologyGeographyEnvironmental scienceGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism StudiesGeological and Geophysical Studies