RPGW: The Feasibility of Reconstructing Upper Ocean Flows from Density Gradients during the Last Gacial Maximum

这项规划拨款将探讨从底栖有孔虫的氧同位素比率的成对垂直剖面计算上层海洋输送的可行性。 深度剖面的核心从东部和西部两侧的佛罗里达海峡，将采样现代通过末次冰期，密度配置文件构建有孔虫氧同位素比，并估计地转运输的派生。将特别注意估计由各种假设引入的误差的大小。

This Planning Grant will explore the feasibility of calculating upper ocean transports from paired vertical profiles of oxygen isotope ratios in benthic foraminifera. Depth transects of cores from the east and west sides of the Florida Straits, will be sampled for modern through last glacial periods, density profiles constructed from the foraminiferal oxygen isotope ratios, and estimates of geostrophic transport derived. Special attention will be given to estimating the magnitude of error introduced by various assumptions.