The Pliocene to Recent History of the Kuroshio and Tsushima Currents: a multi-proxy approach
- Keywords:
- Kuroshio Current, Tsushima Current, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene, Paleoceanographic proxies, Biogeography, Microfossils, Macrofossils, Geochemistry
Figure 2: (i) The distribution of G. ruber and Tsushima Current molluscs in interglacials of the Omma Formation (adapted from Kitamura and Kimoto [2006]) correlated to the LR04 benthic stack of Lisiecki and Raymo ([2005]). The red dots (1.6 to 1 Ma) are interglacials where migratory Indo-Pacific Warm Pool benthic foraminifera are present (Hoiles et al. [2012]). Red dots at 0 and ~3 Ma are Warm Pool benthic foram ingressions described in Gallagher et al. ([2009]). Reconstructions of the paleogeography of the Tsushima Strait after 1.6 Ma (ii) and prior to 1.7 Ma (iii) adapted from Kitamura and Kimoto ([2006])