Revisiting the mid-Pleistocene transition ocean circulation crisis

Hines, Sophia K. V., Charles, Christopher D., Starr, Aidan, Goldstein, Steven L., Hemming, Sidney R., Hall, Ian R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-1419, Lathika, Nambiyathodi, Passacantando, Mollie and Bolge, Louise 2024. Revisiting the mid-Pleistocene transition ocean circulation crisis. Science 386 (6722) , pp. 681-686. 10.1126/science.adn4154

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Abstract

The mid-Pleistocene transition (MPT) [~1.25 to 0.85 million years ago (Ma)] marks a shift in the character of glacial-interglacial climate ( 1 , 2 ). One prevailing hypothesis for the origin of the MPT is that glacial deep ocean circulation fundamentally changed, marked by a circulation “crisis” at ~0.90 Ma (marine isotope stages 24 to 22) ( 3 ). Using high-resolution paired neodymium, carbon, and oxygen isotope data from the South Atlantic Ocean (Cape Basin) across the MPT, we find no evidence of a substantial change in deep ocean circulation. Before and during the early MPT (~1.30 to 1.12 Ma), the glacial deep ocean variability closely resembled that of the most recent glacial cycle. The carbon storage facilitated by developing deep ocean stratification across the MPT required only modest circulation adjustments.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher:	American Association for the Advancement of Science
ISSN:	0036-8075
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 November 2024
Date of Acceptance:	4 October 2024
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2024 15:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/174067

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