Fig. 2: Weathering records from high to low latitudes and their corresponding spectral analysis results (right).

a 57 stacked, globally distributed benthic δ18O records (LR04 stack)4, (b) K/Ti ratio (XRF) from Site SO201-2-101KL30, (c) K/Ti ratio (XRF) from Site SO201-2-85KL30, (d) Smectite/illite ratio from Site LV55-38-3 (this study), (e) K/Al ratio from Site LV55-38-3 (this study), (f) Smectite/(illite + chlorite) ratio from Site U144531, (g) Smectite/(illite + chlorite) ratio from Site MD77-17120, (h) Smectite/(illite + chlorite) ratio from Site MD77-16932, (i) K/Al ratio from Site GeoB 4901-833, (j) K/Al ratio from Site GeoB1008-334, (k) June 21 insolation differential between 30°N and 30°S10. Notes: In the spectral analysis, the red dotted lines indicate the 90% significance level.