Pliocene Warmth, Polar Amplification, and Stepped Pleistocene Cooling Recorded in NE Arctic Russia

Julie Brigham-Grette; Martin Melles; Pavel Minyuk; Andrei Andreev; Pavel Tarasov; Robert DeConto; Sebastian Koenig; Norbert Nowaczyk; Volker Wennrich; Peter Rosén; Eeva Haltia; Tim Cook; Catalina Gebhardt; Carsten Meyer-Jacob; Jeff Snyder; Ulrike Herzschuh

doi:10.1126/science.1233137

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Pliocene Warmth, Polar Amplification, and Stepped Pleistocene Cooling Recorded in NE Arctic Russia

Julie Brigham-Grette¹,*,
Martin Melles²,
Pavel Minyuk³,
Andrei Andreev²,
Pavel Tarasov⁴,
Robert DeConto¹,
Sebastian Koenig¹,
Norbert Nowaczyk⁵,
Volker Wennrich²,
Peter Rosén⁶,
Eeva Haltia⁵,†,
Tim Cook⁷,
Catalina Gebhardt⁸,
Carsten Meyer-Jacob⁶,
Jeff Snyder⁹,
Ulrike Herzschuh¹⁰

¹Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
²Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Strasse 49a, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.
³North-East Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaya Street 16, 685000 Magadan, Russia.
⁴Free University Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Malteser Strasse 74-100, Haus D, D-12249 Berlin, Germany.
⁵Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany.
⁶Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
⁷Department of Physical and Earth Sciences, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA 01602, USA.
⁸Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
⁹Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403, USA.
¹⁰Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A43, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany.

↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: juliebg{at}geo.umass.edu

↵† Present address: Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden.

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Science 21 Jun 2013:
Vol. 340, Issue 6139, pp. 1421-1427
DOI: 10.1126/science.1233137

Julie Brigham-Grette

1Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.

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For correspondence: juliebg@geo.umass.edu

Martin Melles

2Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Strasse 49a, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.

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Pavel Minyuk

3North-East Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaya Street 16, 685000 Magadan, Russia.

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Andrei Andreev

2Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Strasse 49a, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.

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Pavel Tarasov

4Free University Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Malteser Strasse 74-100, Haus D, D-12249 Berlin, Germany.

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Robert DeConto

1Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.

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Sebastian Koenig

1Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.

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Norbert Nowaczyk

5Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany.

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Volker Wennrich

2Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Strasse 49a, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.

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Peter Rosén

6Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.

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Eeva Haltia

5Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany.

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Tim Cook

7Department of Physical and Earth Sciences, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA 01602, USA.

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Catalina Gebhardt

8Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.

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Carsten Meyer-Jacob

6Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.

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Jeff Snyder

9Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403, USA.

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Ulrike Herzschuh

10Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A43, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany.

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