Paleoceanographical studies of MIS 11 for sediment core MD99-2277

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Main Authors: Kandiano, Evgenia S, van der Meer, Marcel T J, Bauch, Henning A, Helmke, Jan Peter, Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S, Schouten, Stefan
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author Kandiano, Evgenia S
van der Meer, Marcel T J
Bauch, Henning A
Helmke, Jan Peter
Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S
Schouten, Stefan
author_facet Kandiano, Evgenia S
van der Meer, Marcel T J
Bauch, Henning A
Helmke, Jan Peter
Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S
Schouten, Stefan
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Paleoceanographical studies of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11 have revealed higher-than-present sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the North Atlantic and in parts of the Arctic, but lower-than-present SSTs in the Nordic Seas, the main throughflow-area of warm water into the Arctic Ocean. We resolve this contradiction by complementing SST data based on planktic foraminiferal abundances with surface salinity changes using hydrogen isotopic compositions of alkenones in a core from the central Nordic Seas. The data indicate the prevalence of a relatively cold, low-salinity, surface water layer in the Nordic Seas during most of MIS 11. In spite of the low-density surface layer, which was kept buoyant by continuous melting of surrounding glaciers, warmer Atlantic water was still propagating northward at the subsurface thus maintaining meridional overturning circulation. This study can help to better constrain the impact of continuous melting of Greenland and Arctic ice on high-latitude ocean circulation and climate.
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spellingShingle Paleoceanographical studies of MIS 11 for sediment core MD99-2277
Kandiano, Evgenia S
van der Meer, Marcel T J
Bauch, Henning A
Helmke, Jan Peter
Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S
Schouten, Stefan
61F; AGE; CALYPSO; Calypso Corer; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Difference; Dissimilarity index; IMAGES V; Jan Mayen Ridge; Marion Dufresne (1995); MD114; MD99-2277; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistral; Sea surface temperature, summer; Turborotalita quinqueloba; δ Deuterium, alkenone; δ Deuterium, alkenone, C37; δ Deuterium, alkenone, C37, standard deviation
Paleoceanographical studies of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11 have revealed higher-than-present sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the North Atlantic and in parts of the Arctic, but lower-than-present SSTs in the Nordic Seas, the main throughflow-area of warm water into the Arctic Ocean. We resolve this contradiction by complementing SST data based on planktic foraminiferal abundances with surface salinity changes using hydrogen isotopic compositions of alkenones in a core from the central Nordic Seas. The data indicate the prevalence of a relatively cold, low-salinity, surface water layer in the Nordic Seas during most of MIS 11. In spite of the low-density surface layer, which was kept buoyant by continuous melting of surrounding glaciers, warmer Atlantic water was still propagating northward at the subsurface thus maintaining meridional overturning circulation. This study can help to better constrain the impact of continuous melting of Greenland and Arctic ice on high-latitude ocean circulation and climate.
title Paleoceanographical studies of MIS 11 for sediment core MD99-2277
topic 61F; AGE; CALYPSO; Calypso Corer; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Difference; Dissimilarity index; IMAGES V; Jan Mayen Ridge; Marion Dufresne (1995); MD114; MD99-2277; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistral; Sea surface temperature, summer; Turborotalita quinqueloba; δ Deuterium, alkenone; δ Deuterium, alkenone, C37; δ Deuterium, alkenone, C37, standard deviation
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.865410