The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Global vegetation dynamics and latitudinal temperature gradients during the Mid to Late Miocene (15.97–5.33 Ma)

MJ Pound, AM Haywood, U Salzmann, JB Riding - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
A 617 site palaeobotanical dataset for the Mid to Late Miocene is presented. This dataset is
internally consistent and provides a comprehensive overview of vegetational change from …

Simulating miocene warmth: insights from an opportunistic multi‐model ensemble (MioMIP1)

NJ Burls, CD Bradshaw, AM De Boer… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch, spanning 23.03–5.33 Ma, was a dynamic climate of sustained,
polar amplified warmth. Miocene atmospheric CO2 concentrations are typically …

Episodic migration of oaks to Iceland: Evidence for a North Atlantic “land bridge” in the latest Miocene

T Denk, F Grímsson, R Zetter - American Journal of Botany, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Dating the subsidence history of the North Atlantic Land Bridge (NALB) is crucial for
understanding intercontinental disjunctions of northern temperate trees. Traditionally, the …

[HTML][HTML] Oligocene to Lower Pliocene deposits of the Norwegian continental shelf, Norwegian Sea, Svalbard, Denmark and their relation to the uplift of Fennoscandia …

T Eidvin, F Riis, ES Rasmussen - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
This study provides the results of the first integrated study of Oligocene–Pliocene basins
around Norway. Within the study area, three main depocentres have been identified where …

The Pliocene flora of Frankfurt am Main, Germany: taxonomy, palaeoenvironments and biogeographic affinities

Z Kvaček, V Teodoridis, T Denk - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Pliocene flora of Frankfurt am Main described by Karl Mädler during the first
half of the twentieth century is a key flora for the European Pliocene. In the present study, we …

[PDF][PDF] Tertiary volcanism in Iceland

BS Harðarson, JG Fitton, Á Hjartarson - Jökull, 2008 - academia.edu
The Tertiary igneous rocks of Greenland, Iceland, the Faeroes and Britain have been the
subject of study and debate for more than a hundred years. Iceland is of particular …

Sequoia maguanensis, a new Miocene relative of the coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, from China: Implications for paleogeography and paleoclimate

JW Zhang, A D'Rozario, JM Adams, Y Li… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: The paleogeographical origin of the relict North American Sequoia
sempervirens is controversial. Fossil records indicate a Neogene origin for its foliage …

Miocene climate evolution of northern Europe: A palynological investigation from Denmark

LM Larsson, K Dybkjær, ES Rasmussen… - Palaeogeography …, 2011 - Elsevier
A palynological investigation has been conducted on Lower–Upper Miocene sediments
from Jylland, Denmark, corresponding to the time interval of about 19 to 8Ma. The …

Polar forests on the edge of extinction: what does the fossil spore and pollen evidence from East Antarctica say?

EM Truswell, MK Macphail - Australian Systematic Botany, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Diverse pollen and spore assemblages, spanning the Late Eocene preglacial–glacial
transition, have been recovered from Ocean Drilling Program cores from Prydz Bay, East …