The first appearance of Glacial North Atlantic Intermediate Water (GNAIW) during the Mid-Pleistocene transition

The Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT) is arguably the most prominent shift in the Earth's climate system during the entire Pleistocene. It is characterized by a shift from a ∼ 40 kyr to a ∼ 100 kyr glacial cyclicity, going in hand with considerable growth of glacial continental ice-sheets. In se...

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Autori principali: Bahr, André (Autore) , Amorim Catunda, Maria Carolina (Autore) , Friedrich, Oliver (Autore)
Natura: Article (Journal)
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: 26 October 2022
In: Global and planetary change
Year: 2022, Volume: 218, Pages: 1-11
ISSN:1872-6364
DOI:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103977
Accesso online:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103977
Verlag, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818122002442
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Note sull'autore:André Bahr, Maria Carolina Amorim Catunda, Oliver Friedrich
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Riassunto:The Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT) is arguably the most prominent shift in the Earth's climate system during the entire Pleistocene. It is characterized by a shift from a ∼ 40 kyr to a ∼ 100 kyr glacial cyclicity, going in hand with considerable growth of glacial continental ice-sheets. In search for potential drivers of these changes in the cryosphere, a slow-down of deep ocean circulation has been proposed as an important factor that might have reduced the atmospheric pCO2 level and thus created boundary conditions favourable for pertaining large ice-sheets. Additionally, as argued for the Last Glacial Maximum, enhanced production of intermediate waters might enhance intermediate to deep oceanic stratification and thus suppress CO2 release from the deep ocean and thereby reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
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ISSN:1872-6364
DOI:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103977