Global Sea Surface Temperature and Ecosystem Change Across the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum

Tjerk J. T. Veenstra1, Vidar B. Bakker1, Francesca Sangiorgi1, Francien Peterse2, Stefan Schouten1,3 and Appy Sluijs1, (1)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)Utrecht University, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Texel, Netherlands