Climate of the Past Discussions www.clim-past-discuss.net 1814-9340 1814-9359 5 4 2009 10.5194/cpd-5-1901-2009 http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/5/1901/2009/ http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/5/1901/2009/cpd-5-1901-2009.html http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/5/1901/2009/cpd-5-1901-2009.pdf 1901 1928 2009-07-15 Pliocene three-dimensional global ocean temperature reconstruction H. J. Dowsett hdowsett@usgs.gov M. M. Robinson K. M. Foley United States Geological Survey, MS 926A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, USA A snapshot of the thermal structure of the mid-Piacenzian ocean is obtained by combining the Pliocene Research, Interpretation and Synoptic Mapping Project (PRISM3) multiproxy sea-surface temperature (SST) reconstruction with bottom water temperature estimates produced using Mg/Ca paleothermometry. This reconstruction assumes a Pliocene water mass framework similar to that which exists today, with several important modifications. 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