The Impact of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation on Intermediate and Deep Ocean Circulation

北半球冰川作用对中层和深海环流的影响

• 批准号: 2548406
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2548406
• 关键词: Impact; Northern; Hemisphere; Glaciation; Intermediate

The intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation (iNHG) is a process where much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered in ice for the first time in the Cenozoic. It is the largest secular climate shift over the last 5 Ma. Understanding the processes that govern this will help to better understand climate dynamics which can prepare us for future climate changes. Over the iNHG, there is a convergence in water mass properties between the deep and intermediate North Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. This is thought to be due to either North Pacific or Southern Ocean forcings. This project aims to look at Site 1209 in the Northwest Pacific using trace element analysis to determine the temperature, carbon storage and provenance of water masses overlying the site. This should show how circulation in the North Pacific changed over the iNHG. Comparison between this site and radiogenic isotope records from Sites 925, 927, and 929 in the mid-Atlantic can be used to infer how connectivity between these two oceans changed over the iNHG. Finally, through statistical analysis of the number of tephra layers at Sites 981 and 982, this project intends to see how the iNHG affected the rate of volcanism in Iceland.

北方半球冰川作用的加强是新生代以来北方半球大部分地区首次被冰覆盖的过程。这是过去5Ma以来最大的长期气候变化。了解这一过程将有助于更好地了解气候动态，这可以为我们未来的气候变化做好准备。在iNHG，有一个收敛的水团之间的深层和中层北太平洋和大西洋的属性。这被认为是由于北太平洋或南大洋的强迫。该项目旨在利用微量元素分析来研究西北太平洋的1209站点，以确定该站点上覆水团的温度、碳储量和来源。这应该显示了北太平洋环流在iNHG上是如何变化的。该站点与大西洋中部站点925、927和929的放射性同位素记录之间的比较可以用来推断这两个海洋之间的连通性在iNHG上是如何变化的。最后，通过对981和982站点火山灰层数量的统计分析，该项目旨在了解iNHG如何影响冰岛的火山活动速率。