Fig. 5: Bottom water temperature and seawater δ18O records reconstructed using Melonis spp. approach compared with published records at Mid-Pliocene.
From: Major sea level fall during the Pliocene M2 glaciation
a bottom water temperature (BWT) or deep sea temperature (DST) and b seawater δ18O (δ18OSW) records at ODP Sites 982 (red circles) and 1241 (blue diamonds) reconstructed using the improved Melonis spp. approach in this study, published proxy records using the O. umbonatus Mg/Ca approach (Grey triangles)5, model-based records of inferred records based on the Mediterranean sea level estimate (Light blue lines)52 and deconvolved records based on the LR04 stack (Orange lines)53. The green and yellow bands show the first and the second phases of glaciation at ODP Sites 982 and 1241, respectively. Error bars represent ± 1 s.d.
