TY - JOUR AU1 - Hamon, N. AU2 - Sepulchre, P. AU3 - Lefebvre, V. AU4 - Ramstein, G. AU5 - AB - Open Access Clim. Past, 9, 2687–2702, 2013 www.clim-past.net/9/2687/2013/ Climate doi:10.5194/cp-9-2687-2013 of the Past © Author(s) 2013. CC Attribution 3.0 License. The role of eastern Tethys seaway closure in the Middle Miocene Climatic Transition (ca. 14 Ma) 1,2 2 3,2 2 N. Hamon , P. Sepulchre , V. Lefebvre , and G. Ramstein Institut de Paléoprimatologie, Paléontologie Humaine: Evolution et Paléoenvironnements, UMR7262, CNRS-INEE-Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, UMR8212, CEA-CNRS-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR5563, CNRS-UPS-IRD-CNES, Toulouse, France Correspondence to: N. Hamon (noemiehamon@yahoo.fr) Received: 15 March 2013 – Published in Clim. Past Discuss.: 15 April 2013 Revised: 10 October 2013 – Accepted: 28 October 2013 – Published: 28 November 2013 Abstract. The Middle Miocene Climatic Transition (MMCT, The results presented here provide new constraints on the approximately 14 Ma) is a key period in Cenozoic cooling timing of the Tethys seaway closure and particularly indicate and cryospheric expansion. Despite being well documented that, prior to 14 Ma, a deep-open Tethys seaway should have in isotopic record, the causes of the MMCT are still a mat- allowed the formation of TISW. Moreover, whereas the final ter of debate. Among various TI - The role of eastern Tethys seaway closure in the Middle Miocene Climatic Transition (ca. 14 Ma) JF - Climate of the Past DO - 10.5194/cp-9-2687-2013 DA - 2013-11-28 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/the-role-of-eastern-tethys-seaway-closure-in-the-middle-miocene-4J9rO1isvK DP - DeepDyve ER -