Paleoceanography of the northwestern Pacific across the Early–Middle Pleistocene boundary (Marine Isotope Stages 20–18)

• Published in: Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
• Main Authors: Kubota, Yoshimi, Haneda, Yuki, Kameo, Koji, Itaki, Takuya, Hayashi, Hiroki, Shikoku, Kizuku, Izumi, Kentaro, Head, Martin J., Suganuma, Yusuke, Okada, Makoto
• Other Authors: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Tokyo Geographical Society, Japan Science Society, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Oyashio; Pacific; aleutian low; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40645-020-00395-3; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40645-020-00395-3.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40645-020-00395-3/fulltext.html

Abstract The fluctuating position of the boundary between the Kuroshio (warm) and Oyashio (cold) currents in the mid-latitude western North Pacific affects both heat transport and air–ocean interactions and has significant consequences for the East Asian climate. We reconstruct the paleoceanography...