Persistent millennial scale climate variability in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific over the last two glacial cycles
High-resolution sediment records from the eastern tropical North Pacific (ETNP) spanning the last ~240 ka B.P. were studied to document the nature of millennial-scale climatic events in the tropical Pacific and to investigate teleconnection mechanisms. We present organic carbon (%OC) and diffuse spe...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:38153 2023-05-15T16:41:15+02:00 Persistent millennial scale climate variability in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific over the last two glacial cycles Arellano-torres, Elsa Ganeshram, Raja S. Pichevin, Laetitia E. Salas-de-leon, David Alberto 2015-06 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00270/38153/36272.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/2014PA002714 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00270/38153/ eng eng Amer Geophysical Union https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00270/38153/36272.pdf doi:10.1002/2014PA002714 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00270/38153/ 2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Paleoceanography (0883-8305) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2015-06 , Vol. 30 , N. 6 , P. 682-701 millennial scale last glacial penultimate glacial time series analyses eastern tropical North Pacific text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1002/2014PA002714 2021-09-23T20:26:20Z High-resolution sediment records from the eastern tropical North Pacific (ETNP) spanning the last ~240 ka B.P. were studied to document the nature of millennial-scale climatic events in the tropical Pacific and to investigate teleconnection mechanisms. We present organic carbon (%OC) and diffuse spectral reflectivity records as indicative of upwelling and productivity changes off NW Mexico over the middle to late Pleistocene. The new productivity records document the persistence of abrupt millennial-scale changes over the last two glacial cycles. Detailed spectral and wavelet time series analyses show the predominance of longer climatic cycles (2–6 ka) during the last and the penultimate glacial periods. The persistence of millennial variability during the penultimate glacial, in absence of large ice rafted debris events in the North Atlantic, suggests that freshwater input through ice sheet dynamics is not essential for millennial-scale climate variability. Given the worldwide emerging picture of remarkable similar millennial-scale records over long time periods, we suggest that the pacing of this climate variability may represent a natural resonance in the climate system, amplified by a tightly coupled oceanic and atmospheric teleconnection processes. We present a schematic scenario of millennial-scale climate change depicting the role of the tropical Pacific in this global teleconnection system by linking productivity and upwelling changes in the ETNP with shifts in the position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone and the strength of the subtropical North Pacific High. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet North Atlantic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Pacific Paleoceanography 30 6 682 701 |
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High-resolution sediment records from the eastern tropical North Pacific (ETNP) spanning the last ~240 ka B.P. were studied to document the nature of millennial-scale climatic events in the tropical Pacific and to investigate teleconnection mechanisms. We present organic carbon (%OC) and diffuse spectral reflectivity records as indicative of upwelling and productivity changes off NW Mexico over the middle to late Pleistocene. The new productivity records document the persistence of abrupt millennial-scale changes over the last two glacial cycles. Detailed spectral and wavelet time series analyses show the predominance of longer climatic cycles (2–6 ka) during the last and the penultimate glacial periods. The persistence of millennial variability during the penultimate glacial, in absence of large ice rafted debris events in the North Atlantic, suggests that freshwater input through ice sheet dynamics is not essential for millennial-scale climate variability. Given the worldwide emerging picture of remarkable similar millennial-scale records over long time periods, we suggest that the pacing of this climate variability may represent a natural resonance in the climate system, amplified by a tightly coupled oceanic and atmospheric teleconnection processes. We present a schematic scenario of millennial-scale climate change depicting the role of the tropical Pacific in this global teleconnection system by linking productivity and upwelling changes in the ETNP with shifts in the position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone and the strength of the subtropical North Pacific High. |
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Arellano-torres, Elsa Ganeshram, Raja S. Pichevin, Laetitia E. Salas-de-leon, David Alberto |
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Arellano-torres, Elsa Ganeshram, Raja S. Pichevin, Laetitia E. Salas-de-leon, David Alberto |
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Persistent millennial scale climate variability in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific over the last two glacial cycles |
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Persistent millennial scale climate variability in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific over the last two glacial cycles |
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Persistent millennial scale climate variability in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific over the last two glacial cycles |
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Persistent millennial scale climate variability in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific over the last two glacial cycles |
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Persistent millennial scale climate variability in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific over the last two glacial cycles |
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persistent millennial scale climate variability in the eastern tropical north pacific over the last two glacial cycles |
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Paleoceanography (0883-8305) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2015-06 , Vol. 30 , N. 6 , P. 682-701 |
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