Centennial-scale climate variability in the Timor Sea during Marine Isotope Stage 3
Centennial-scale climate variability in the Timor Sea during Marine Isotope Stage 3
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DOI:
10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.10.002
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发表时间:
2008-02-20
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1.9
通讯作者:
Grootes, Pieter M.
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作者:
Duerkop, Anke;Holbourn, Ann;Grootes, Pieter M.
We present a high-resolution (similar to 60-110 yr) multi-proxy record spanning Marine Isotope Stage 3 from IMAGES Core MD01-2378 (13 degrees 04.95' S and 121 degrees 47.27' E, 1783 in water depth), located in the Timor Sea, off NW Australia. Today, this area is influenced by the Intertropical Convergence Zone, which drives monsoonal winds during austral summer and by the main outflow of the Indonesian Throughflow, which represents a key component of the global thermohaline circulation system. Thus, this core is ideally situated to monitor the linkages between tropical and high latitude climate variability. Benthic delta O-18 data (Planulina wuellerstorfi) clearly reflect Antarctic warm events (A1-A4) as recorded by the EPICA Byrd and Dronning Maud Land ice cores. This southern high latitude signal is transferred by deep and intermediate water masses flowing northward from the Southern Ocean into the Indian Ocean. Planktonic delta O-18 shows closer affinity to northern high latitudes planktonic and ice core records, although only the longer-lasting Dansgaard-Oeschger warm events, 8, 12, 14, and 16-17 are clearly expressed in our record. This northern high latitude signal in the surface water is probably transmitted through atmospheric teleconnections and coupling of the Asian-Australian monsoon systems. Benthic foraminiferal census counts suggest a coupling of Antarctic cooling with carbon flux patterns in the Timor Sea. We relate increasing abundances of carbon-flux sensitive species at 38-45 ka to the northeastward migration of the West Australian Current frontal area. This water mass reorganization is also supported by concurrent decreases in Mg/Ca and planktonic delta O-18 values (Globigerinoides ruber white). (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.