• Neogene dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs from the high northern latitudes and their relation to sea surface temperature 

      Schreck, Michael; Nam, Seung-Il; Clotten, Caroline; Fahl, Kirsten; De Schepper, Stijn; Forwick, Matthias; Matthiessen, Jens (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-13)
      <p>Organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs are a vital tool for reconstructing past environmental change, in particular in the Neogene of the high northern latitudes where marine deposits are virtually barren of traditionally used calcareous microfossils. Yet only little is known about the paleoenvironmental value of fossil assemblages that do not have modern analogues, so that reconstructions ...
    • On the causes of Arctic sea ice in the warm Early Pliocene 

      Clotten, Caroline; Stein, Rüdiger; Fahl, Kirsten; Schreck, Michael; Risebrobakken, Bjørg; De Schepper, Stijn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-30)
      Scattered and indirect evidence suggests that sea ice occurred as far south as the Iceland Sea during the Early Pliocene, when the global climate was warmer than present. However, conclusive evidence as well as potential mechanisms governing sea ice occurrence outside the Arctic Ocean during a time with elevated greenhouse gas concentrations are still elusive. Here we present a suite of organic ...