Astronomically paced changes in deep-water circulation in the western North Atlantic during the middle Eocene
Astronomically paced changes in deep-water circulation in the western North Atlantic during the middle Eocene
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始新世中期北大西洋西部深水环流的天文变化
DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2017.12.016
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Pälike
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作者:
Vahlenkamp;Niezgodzki;De Vleeschouwer;Bickert;Harper;Kirtland Turner;Lohmann;Sexton;Zachos;Pälike
Abstract North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) currently redistributes heat and salt between Earth's ocean basins, and plays a vital role in the ocean-atmosphere CO 2 exchange. Despite its crucial role in today's climate system, vigorous debate remains as to when deep-water formation in the North Atlantic started. Here, we present datasets from carbonate-rich middle Eocene sediments from the Newfoundland Ridge, revealing a unique archive of paleoceanographic change from the progressively cooling climate of the middle Eocene. Well-defined lithologic alternations between calcareous ooze and clay-rich intervals occur at the∼ 41-kyr beat of axial obliquity. Hence, we identify obliquity as the driver of middle Eocene (43.5–46 Ma) Northern Component Water (NCW, the predecessor of modern NADW) variability. High-resolution benthic foraminiferal δ 18 O and δ 13 C suggest that obliquity minima correspond to cold, nutrient-depleted, western North Atlantic deep waters. We thus link stronger NCW formation with obliquity minima. In contrast, during obliquity maxima, Deep Western Boundary Currents were weaker and warmer, while abyssal nutrients were more abundant. These aspects reflect a more sluggish NCW formation. This obliquity-paced paleoceanographic regime is in excellent agreement with results from an Earth system model, in which obliquity minima configurations enhance NCW formation.
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影响因子:
5.3
作者:
A. Tripati;R. Eagle;A. Morton;J. Dowdeswell;Katie L. Atkinson;Y. Bahé;C. Dawber;E. Khadun;Ruth M.H. Shaw;O. Shorttle;L. Thanabalasundaram
通讯作者:
A. Tripati;R. Eagle;A. Morton;J. Dowdeswell;Katie L. Atkinson;Y. Bahé;C. Dawber;E. Khadun;Ruth M.H. Shaw;O. Shorttle;L. Thanabalasundaram
DOI:
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发表时间:
2001
期刊:
Geological Society Special Publication
影响因子:
--
作者:
R. Norris;D. Kroon;B. Huber;J. Erbacher
通讯作者:
J. Erbacher
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
Luethi, Dieter;Le Floch, Martine;Stocker, Thomas F.
通讯作者:
Stocker, Thomas F.
DOI:
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发表时间:
2004
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影响因子:
--
作者:
H. Scher;E. Martin
通讯作者:
E. Martin
影响因子:
5.3
作者:
S. Nielsen;Sarah Mar-Gerrison;A. Gannoun;D. LaRowe;V. Klemm;A. Halliday;K. Burton;J. Hein
通讯作者:
S. Nielsen;Sarah Mar-Gerrison;A. Gannoun;D. LaRowe;V. Klemm;A. Halliday;K. Burton;J. Hein