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Amidon, W.H.; Fisher, G.B.; Burbank, D.W.; Ciccioli, P.L.; Alonso, R.N.; Gorin, A.L.; Silverhart, P.H.; Kylander-Clark, A.R.C.; Christoffersen, M.S. "Mio-Pliocene aridity in the south-central Andes associated with Southern Hemisphere cold periods" (2017) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114(25):6475-6479
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Abstract:

Although Earth's climate history is best known through marine records, the corresponding continental climatic conditions drive the evolution of terrestrial life. Continental conditions during the latest Miocene are of particular interest because global faunal turnover is roughly synchronous with a period of global glaciation from 6.2-5.5 Ma and with the Messinian Salinity Crisis from 6.0-5.3 Ma. Despite the climatic and ecological significance of this period, the continental climatic conditions associated with it remain unclear. We address this question using erosion rates of ancient watersheds to constrain Mio-Pliocene climatic conditions in the south-central Andes near 30° S. Our results show two slowdowns in erosion rate, one from 6.1-5.2 Ma and another from 3.6 to 3.3 Ma, which we attribute to periods of continental aridity. This view is supported by synchrony with other regional proxies for aridity and with the timing of glacial "cold" periods as recorded by marine proxies, such as the M2 isotope excursion. We thus conclude that aridity in the south-central Andes is associated with cold periods at high southern latitudes, perhaps due to a northward migration of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies, which disrupted the South American Low Level Jet that delivers moisture to southeastern South America. Colder glacial periods, and possibly associated reductions in atmospheric CO2, thus seem to be an important driver of Mio-Pliocene ecological transitions in the central Andes. Finally, this study demonstrates that paleo-erosion rates can be a powerful proxy for ancient continental climates that lie beyond the reach of most lacustrine and glacial archives.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Mio-Pliocene aridity in the south-central Andes associated with Southern Hemisphere cold periods
Autor:Amidon, W.H.; Fisher, G.B.; Burbank, D.W.; Ciccioli, P.L.; Alonso, R.N.; Gorin, A.L.; Silverhart, P.H.; Kylander-Clark, A.R.C.; Christoffersen, M.S.
Filiación:Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, United States
Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States
Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
Instituto Superior de Correlación Geológica, Universidad Nacional de Salta-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Salta, 4400, Argentina
Palabras clave:M2; Messinian; Miocene; Pliocene; Precipitation; carbon; water; Article; cold; environmental erosion; glacial period; latitude; mass extinction; Miocene; Pliocene; precipitation; priority journal; salinity; sea surface temperature; South America; Southern Hemisphere; vegetation; watershed
Año:2017
Volumen:114
Número:25
Página de inicio:6475
Página de fin:6479
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700327114
Título revista:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Título revista abreviado:Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
ISSN:00278424
CODEN:PNASA
CAS:carbon, 7440-44-0; water, 7732-18-5
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00278424_v114_n25_p6475_Amidon

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Amidon, W.H., Fisher, G.B., Burbank, D.W., Ciccioli, P.L., Alonso, R.N., Gorin, A.L., Silverhart, P.H.,..., Christoffersen, M.S. (2017) . Mio-Pliocene aridity in the south-central Andes associated with Southern Hemisphere cold periods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(25), 6475-6479.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700327114
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Amidon, W.H., Fisher, G.B., Burbank, D.W., Ciccioli, P.L., Alonso, R.N., Gorin, A.L., et al. "Mio-Pliocene aridity in the south-central Andes associated with Southern Hemisphere cold periods" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114, no. 25 (2017) : 6475-6479.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700327114
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Amidon, W.H., Fisher, G.B., Burbank, D.W., Ciccioli, P.L., Alonso, R.N., Gorin, A.L., et al. "Mio-Pliocene aridity in the south-central Andes associated with Southern Hemisphere cold periods" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 114, no. 25, 2017, pp. 6475-6479.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700327114
---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Amidon, W.H., Fisher, G.B., Burbank, D.W., Ciccioli, P.L., Alonso, R.N., Gorin, A.L., et al. Mio-Pliocene aridity in the south-central Andes associated with Southern Hemisphere cold periods. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2017;114(25):6475-6479.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700327114