Timing and structure of the mid-Pleistocene transition: records from the loess deposits of northern China

Heslop, David; Dekkers, Mark J.; Langereis, C.G.

doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(02)00282-1

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“…At present, the distinctive salinity maximum of the subarctic gyre is linked to the excess precipitation that results from the strong Aleutian low-pressure system and the resulting winter storms and reduced cloud cover [Sancetta and Silvestri, 1986]. A weaker East Asian winter monsoon between MIS 22-16 is consistent with weaker Aleutian low-pressure and Siberian high-pressure systems [Heslop et al, 2002], but occurs after the decline in %C 37:4 and thus cannot be considered as a forcing mechanism. Modern teleconnections also suggest that the precipitation-bearing westerlies might be reduced under a strengthening of Walker circulation [Alexander et al, 2002], the latter observed across the MPT [McClymont and Rosell-Melé, 2005].…”

Section: Position Of the Arctic Front During The Mptmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Specifically, these high northern latitude changes occur when intensification of the tropical and subtropical upwelling systems and increasing continental aridity have indicated more intense atmospheric circulation after 1.2 Ma [de Menocal, 1995;Durham et al, 2001;Heslop et al, 2002;Liu and Herbert, 2004;Marlow et al, 2000;McClymont and Rosell-Melé, 2005;Medina-Elizalde and Lea, 2005;Xiao and An, 1999]. The changing atmospheric circulation has been linked to an increasing meridional temperature gradient driven by circulation changes in the Southern Hemisphere, specifically by the equatorward migration of the Antarctic circumpolar current after 1.8 Ma [McClymont and Rosell-Melé, 2005;, and/or increased sea ice cover in the Southern Ocean and its effects on the temperature of the upwelling waters [Lee and Poulsen, 2006].…”

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“…A shift toward a cooler climate, and the development of larger Northern Hemisphere ice sheets at $0.9 Ma, was accompanied by an increase in the duration and intensity of the glacial cycles from 41 ka to 100 ka by 0.6 Ma: the ''mid-Pleistocene climate transition'' or MPT [Imbrie et al, 1993;Mudelsee and Schulz, 1997]. In the tropics and subtropics, the MPT was marked by intensification of the Trade winds [Durham et al, 2001;Liu and Herbert, 2004;Marlow et al, 2000], Walker circulation [McClymont and Rosell-Melé, 2005;Medina-Elizalde and Lea, 2005], Asian monsoon [Heslop et al, 2002;Xiao and An, 1999], and increasing continental aridity [de Menocal, 1995;Schefuß et al, 2003]. The high latitudes also underwent transformations during the MPT, as indicated by changes in ice sheet size [Clark and Pollard, 1998], the thermohaline circulation [Oppo et al, 1995;Raymo et al, 1990;Schmieder et al, 2000], and variations to the position of the frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current [Becquey and Gersonde, 2002;Diekmann and Kuhn, 2002;.…”

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Expansion of subarctic water masses in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans and implications for mid‐Pleistocene ice sheet growth

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[1] Past surface ocean circulation changes associated with the mid-Pleistocene transition, 0.9-0.6 Ma, were reconstructed in the northern North Atlantic (ODP 983) and the northwest Pacific (ODP 882), using proxies for subarctic/subpolar water mass distributions (%C 37:4 alkenone) and sea surface temperature (U 37 K ). Both sites experienced a secular expansion of subarctic waters from $1.15 Ma, spanning both glacial and interglacial intervals. After 0.9 Ma, low %C 37:4 at Site 983 records a northward retreat of subarctic waters during interglacials in the Atlantic, while continued high glacial %C 37:4 indicate extensive subarctic waters during glacial maxima associated with the development of the larger late Pleistocene ice sheets. In contrast, a secular decline in %C 37:4 occurred at Site 882 from 0.9 to 0.5 Ma, marking a more gradual retreat of subarctic conditions in the Pacific. It is proposed that the expansion of subarctic waters between 1.15 and 0.9 Ma exerted negative feedbacks to the moisture supply to the ice sheet source regions and may account for the apparent delayed ice sheet response to atmosphere-ocean circulation changes associated with the mid-Pleistocene transition that began as early as 1.2 Ma.

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Section: Position Of the Arctic Front During The Mptmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Implications For the Mptmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Our proposed chronostratigraphic model spans the Middle Pleistocene transition through to the present (Ruddiman et al, 1989;Heslop et al, 2002). The climatic changes of the mid-Pleistocene transition resulted in a shift to more arid conditions in the DB (Buggle et al 2013;Fitzsimmons et al 2012), making it relatively difficult to subdivide stratigraphic units straddling this time period.…”

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Danube loess stratigraphy — Towards a pan-European loess stratigraphic model

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Stevens

Kukla

et al. 2015

Earth-Science Reviews

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“…Whilst there is growing evidence for changing ocean/atmosphere circulation pre-dating, and accompanying, ice-sheet expansion (e.g. de Menocal, 1995;Heslop et al, 2002;Liu and Herbert, 2004;Marlow et al, 2000;McClymont and Rosell-Melé, 2005;McClymont et al, 2008;Medina-Elizalde and Lea, 2005;Sexton and Barker, 2012) it is not clear whether this was effective in driving climate changes which were conducive to the emergence of longer, higher amplitude 100 ka ice volume cycles. It is also possible that the proposed northern hemisphere ice-sheet expansion was controlled…”

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Pleistocene sea-surface temperature evolution: Early cooling, delayed glacial intensification, and implications for the mid-Pleistocene climate transition

McClymont

Sosdian

Rosell-Melé

et al. 2013

Earth-Science Reviews

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172

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Citation for published item:w glymontD iFvF nd osdi nD FwF nd osellEwel¡ e D eF nd osenth lD F @PHIQA 9i rly leisto ene se Esurf e temper ture trends X e rly oolingD gl i l intensi( tionD nd impli tions for the midE leisto ene lim te tr nsitionF9D i rthEs ien e reviewsFD IPQ F ppF IUQEIWQF Further information on publisher's website:httpXGGdxFdoiForgGIHFIHITGjFe rs irevFPHIQFHRFHHT Publisher's copyright statement: NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Earth-science reviews. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be re ected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A de nitive version was subsequently published in Earth-science reviews. 123, 2013, 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.04.006 Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT2 AbstractThe mid-Pleistocene climate transition (MPT) is defined by the emergence of high amplitude, quasi-100 ka glacial-interglacial cycles from a prior regime of more subtle 41 ka cycles. This change in periodicity and amplitude cannot be explained by a change in 'external' astronomical forcing. Here, we review and integrate published records of sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) to assess whether a common global expression of the MPT in the surface ocean can be recognized, and examine our findings in light of mechanisms proposed to explain climate system reorganization across the MPT. Weshow that glacial-interglacial variability in SSTs is superimposed upon a longer-term cooling trend in oceanographic systems spanning the low-to high-latitudes. Regional Alongside the long-term SST cooling trends, quasi-100 ka cycles begin to emerge in both the SST and  18 O records at 1.2 Ma, and become dominant with the expansion of the ice-sheets at 0.9 Ma. We show that the intensified glacial-stage cooling is accompanied by...

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Timing and structure of the mid-Pleistocene transition: records from the loess deposits of northern China

Cited by 68 publications

References 49 publications

Expansion of subarctic water masses in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans and implications for mid‐Pleistocene ice sheet growth

Expansion of subarctic water masses in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans and implications for mid‐Pleistocene ice sheet growth

Danube loess stratigraphy — Towards a pan-European loess stratigraphic model

Pleistocene sea-surface temperature evolution: Early cooling, delayed glacial intensification, and implications for the mid-Pleistocene climate transition

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