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Miocene high elevation in the Central Alps
Emilija Krsnik
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Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Katharina Methner
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Marion Campani
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Svetlana Botsyun
Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Sebastian G. Mutz
Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Todd A. Ehlers
Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Oliver Kempf
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Geologische Landesaufnahme, Wabern, 3084, Switzerland
Jens Fiebig
Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Fritz Schlunegger
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Andreas Mulch
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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Short summary
Here we present new surface elevation constraints for the middle Miocene Central Alps based on stable and clumped isotope geochemical analyses. Our reconstructed paleoelevation estimate is supported by isotope-enabled paleoclimate simulations and indicates that the Miocene Central Alps were characterized by a heterogeneous and spatially transient topography with high elevations locally exceeding 4000 m.
Here we present new surface elevation constraints for the middle Miocene Central Alps based on...
