Changes in the advection of Antarctic Intermediate Water to the northern Chilean coast during the last 970 kyr
The Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is a key player in global-scale oceanic overturning processes and an important conduit for heat, fresh water, and carbon transport. The AAIW past variability is poorly understood mainly due to the lack of sedimentary archives at intermediate water depths. We p...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:37459 2023-05-15T13:50:50+02:00 Changes in the advection of Antarctic Intermediate Water to the northern Chilean coast during the last 970 kyr Martinez-mendez, G. Hebbeln, D. Mohtadi, M. Lamy, F. De Pol-holz, R. Reyes-macaya, D. Freudenthal, Tim 2013-12 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00263/37459/35821.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20047 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00263/37459/ eng eng Amer Geophysical Union https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00263/37459/35821.pdf doi:10.1002/palo.20047 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00263/37459/ 2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Paleoceanography (0883-8305) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2013-12 , Vol. 28 , N. 4 , P. 607-618 Paleoceanography AAIW advection changes text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2013 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20047 2021-09-23T20:26:05Z The Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is a key player in global-scale oceanic overturning processes and an important conduit for heat, fresh water, and carbon transport. The AAIW past variability is poorly understood mainly due to the lack of sedimentary archives at intermediate water depths. We present records of benthic stable isotopes from sediments retrieved with the seafloor drill rig MARUM-MeBo at 956m water depth off northern Chile (GeoB15016, 27 degrees 29.48S, 71 degrees 07.58W) that extend back to 970ka. The sediments at this site are presently deposited at the boundary between AAIW and Pacific Deep Water (PDW). For previous peak interglacials, our results reveal similar benthic C-13 values at site GeoB15016 and of a newly generated stack of benthic C-13 from various deep Pacific cores representing the average PDW. This suggests, unlike today, the absence of AAIW at the site and the presence of nearly pure PDW. In contrast, more positive C-13 values at site GeoB15016 compared to the stack imply a considerable AAIW contribution during cold phases of interglacials and especially during glacials. Besides, we used three short sediment cores to reconstruct benthic C-13 values from the AAIW core during the last glacial and found a C-13 signature similar to today's. Assuming that this was the case also for the past 970 kyr, we demonstrate that sea level changes and latitudinal migrations of the AAIW formation site can only account for about 50% of the full range of past C-13 increases at site GeoB15016 during cold periods. Other processes that could explain the remaining of the positive C-13 anomalies are increases in glacial AAIW production and/or deeper convection of the AAIW with respect to preceding interglacials. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Antarctic Pacific The Antarctic Paleoceanography 28 4 607 618 |
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The Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is a key player in global-scale oceanic overturning processes and an important conduit for heat, fresh water, and carbon transport. The AAIW past variability is poorly understood mainly due to the lack of sedimentary archives at intermediate water depths. We present records of benthic stable isotopes from sediments retrieved with the seafloor drill rig MARUM-MeBo at 956m water depth off northern Chile (GeoB15016, 27 degrees 29.48S, 71 degrees 07.58W) that extend back to 970ka. The sediments at this site are presently deposited at the boundary between AAIW and Pacific Deep Water (PDW). For previous peak interglacials, our results reveal similar benthic C-13 values at site GeoB15016 and of a newly generated stack of benthic C-13 from various deep Pacific cores representing the average PDW. This suggests, unlike today, the absence of AAIW at the site and the presence of nearly pure PDW. In contrast, more positive C-13 values at site GeoB15016 compared to the stack imply a considerable AAIW contribution during cold phases of interglacials and especially during glacials. Besides, we used three short sediment cores to reconstruct benthic C-13 values from the AAIW core during the last glacial and found a C-13 signature similar to today's. Assuming that this was the case also for the past 970 kyr, we demonstrate that sea level changes and latitudinal migrations of the AAIW formation site can only account for about 50% of the full range of past C-13 increases at site GeoB15016 during cold periods. Other processes that could explain the remaining of the positive C-13 anomalies are increases in glacial AAIW production and/or deeper convection of the AAIW with respect to preceding interglacials. |
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Changes in the advection of Antarctic Intermediate Water to the northern Chilean coast during the last 970 kyr |
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Changes in the advection of Antarctic Intermediate Water to the northern Chilean coast during the last 970 kyr |
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Changes in the advection of Antarctic Intermediate Water to the northern Chilean coast during the last 970 kyr |
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Changes in the advection of Antarctic Intermediate Water to the northern Chilean coast during the last 970 kyr |
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Changes in the advection of Antarctic Intermediate Water to the northern Chilean coast during the last 970 kyr |
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changes in the advection of antarctic intermediate water to the northern chilean coast during the last 970 kyr |
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