Vautravers, M. J. and Shackleton, N. J. and Lopez-Martinez, C. and Grimalt, J. O. (2004) Gulf Stream variability during marine isotope stage 3. Paleoceanography, 19. PA2011. DOI https://doi.org/10.1029/2003PA000966
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Abstract
We have studied Ocean Drilling Program Site 1060 on the Blake Outer Ridge, which lies beneath the Gulf Stream. We focus on marine isotope stage 3, 60–25 thousand years before present (ka). Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) inferred both from foraminiferal fauna and alkenone ratios, as well as counts of iceberg melt-out debris and benthic stable isotope analyses, enable our record to be interpreted in terms of regional hydrographic changes as well as changing thermohaline circulation (THC). The observed SST record is consistent with the air temperature record from the Greenland ice cores. However, Site 1060 exhibits important differences in detail compared with the ice core record, and when compared to other sites within the North Atlantic, significant longitudinal differences emerge. At Site 1060 in the western Atlantic, all Greenland stadials (GS) whether associated with Heinrich events (HEs) or not, show a similar small amplitude of cooling; mean faunal-based SSTaug during GS is only 1.5°C colder than during Greenland interstadials (GIS). In addition, during GS the coldest SSTs are limited to apparently brief events. This is in contrast to several eastern Atlantic sites where HE stadials exhibit coolings that are enhanced by 2°C compared to other GS and where cold conditions are not restricted to cold pulses but cover 2 ka-long intervals. Furthermore, Site 1060 SSTs remained warm right through each interstadial, in contrast to the sustained and uniform cooling trend through interstadials that is consistently observed in Greenland, indicated by measurements of δ18O in ice.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | 2004 AREP 2004 P IA44A IA46 |
Subjects: | 01 - Climate Change and Earth-Ocean Atmosphere Systems |
Divisions: | 01 - Climate Change and Earth-Ocean Atmosphere Systems |
Journal or Publication Title: | Paleoceanography |
Volume: | 19 |
Page Range: | PA2011 |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2003PA000966 |
Depositing User: | Sarah Humbert |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2011 11:39 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2013 10:02 |
URI: | http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/2151 |
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