The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition
Palaeoceanographic evidence suggests that glacial periods of the Mid to Late Pleistocene were characterized by markedly different global ocean circulation patterns to modern; in the Atlantic basin, deep waters of Southern Ocean origin increased in volume while above them the core of the North Atlant...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:54610 2023-05-15T13:45:22+02:00 The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition Starr, Aidan Hall, Ian R. Barker, Stephen Hemming, Sidney R. Rackow, Thomas Zhang, Xu van der Lubbe, J.J.L. Knorr, Gregor Berke, Melissa A. Bigg, Grant R. Cartagena-Sierra, Alejandra Jimenez-Espejo, Francisco J. Gong, Xun Gruetzner, Jens Lathika, Nambiyathodi LeVay, Leah J. Ziegler, Martin 2021 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54610/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.866d90b1-e016-47d7-965c-73967c0a307c unknown Starr, A. , Hall, I. R. , Barker, S. , Hemming, S. R. , Rackow, T. orcid:0000-0002-5468-575X , Zhang, X. orcid:0000-0003-1833-9689 , van der Lubbe, J. , Knorr, G. orcid:0000-0002-8317-5046 , Berke, M. A. , Bigg, G. R. , Cartagena-Sierra, A. , Jimenez-Espejo, F. J. , Gong, X. orcid:0000-0001-9308-4431 , Gruetzner, J. orcid:0000-0001-5445-2393 , Lathika, N. , LeVay, L. J. and Ziegler, M. (2021) The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition , Goldschmidt Virtual 2021, online, 4 July 2021 - 9 July 2021 . hdl:10013/epic.866d90b1-e016-47d7-965c-73967c0a307c EPIC3Goldschmidt Virtual 2021, online, 2021-07-04-2021-07-09 Conference notRev 2021 ftawi 2021-12-24T15:46:30Z Palaeoceanographic evidence suggests that glacial periods of the Mid to Late Pleistocene were characterized by markedly different global ocean circulation patterns to modern; in the Atlantic basin, deep waters of Southern Ocean origin increased in volume while above them the core of the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) shoaled. Whilst proxy records and modelling efforts continue to clarify this picture, an evidence alluding to the origin of this phenomenon remains elusive. Because of this, our understanding of the sequence of events leading to global glacial conditions remains incomplete. Here we present multi-proxy evidence showing that northward shifts in Antarctic iceberg melt in the Indian–Atlantic Southern Ocean (0–50°E) systematically preceded deep-water mass reorganizations by 1-2 thousand years during Pleistocene-era glaciations. With the aid of iceberg-trajectory model experiments, we demonstrate that such a shift in iceberg trajectories during glacial periods can result in a considerable redistribution of freshwater in the Southern Ocean. This, in concert with increased sea-ice cover, may have enabled positive buoyancy anomalies to effectively escape into the ‘upper’ Atlantic overturning circulation limb, providing a teleconnection between surface Southern Ocean conditions and the formation of NADW. Furthermore, we observe a distinct obliquity pacing of Antarctic iceberg melt both preceding and following the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, become obscured during this interval. With new and existing data we investigate the evolution of orbital forcing at the Agulhas Plateau, considering the implications for ‘Southern Escape’ of freshwater as a key feedback in the transition to the ‘100-kyr world’. Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic Iceberg* NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic Sea ice Southern Ocean Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic Indian Southern Ocean |
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Palaeoceanographic evidence suggests that glacial periods of the Mid to Late Pleistocene were characterized by markedly different global ocean circulation patterns to modern; in the Atlantic basin, deep waters of Southern Ocean origin increased in volume while above them the core of the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) shoaled. Whilst proxy records and modelling efforts continue to clarify this picture, an evidence alluding to the origin of this phenomenon remains elusive. Because of this, our understanding of the sequence of events leading to global glacial conditions remains incomplete. Here we present multi-proxy evidence showing that northward shifts in Antarctic iceberg melt in the Indian–Atlantic Southern Ocean (0–50°E) systematically preceded deep-water mass reorganizations by 1-2 thousand years during Pleistocene-era glaciations. With the aid of iceberg-trajectory model experiments, we demonstrate that such a shift in iceberg trajectories during glacial periods can result in a considerable redistribution of freshwater in the Southern Ocean. This, in concert with increased sea-ice cover, may have enabled positive buoyancy anomalies to effectively escape into the ‘upper’ Atlantic overturning circulation limb, providing a teleconnection between surface Southern Ocean conditions and the formation of NADW. Furthermore, we observe a distinct obliquity pacing of Antarctic iceberg melt both preceding and following the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, become obscured during this interval. With new and existing data we investigate the evolution of orbital forcing at the Agulhas Plateau, considering the implications for ‘Southern Escape’ of freshwater as a key feedback in the transition to the ‘100-kyr world’. |
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Starr, Aidan Hall, Ian R. Barker, Stephen Hemming, Sidney R. Rackow, Thomas Zhang, Xu van der Lubbe, J.J.L. Knorr, Gregor Berke, Melissa A. Bigg, Grant R. Cartagena-Sierra, Alejandra Jimenez-Espejo, Francisco J. Gong, Xun Gruetzner, Jens Lathika, Nambiyathodi LeVay, Leah J. Ziegler, Martin |
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Starr, Aidan Hall, Ian R. Barker, Stephen Hemming, Sidney R. Rackow, Thomas Zhang, Xu van der Lubbe, J.J.L. Knorr, Gregor Berke, Melissa A. Bigg, Grant R. Cartagena-Sierra, Alejandra Jimenez-Espejo, Francisco J. Gong, Xun Gruetzner, Jens Lathika, Nambiyathodi LeVay, Leah J. Ziegler, Martin The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition |
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Starr, Aidan Hall, Ian R. Barker, Stephen Hemming, Sidney R. Rackow, Thomas Zhang, Xu van der Lubbe, J.J.L. Knorr, Gregor Berke, Melissa A. Bigg, Grant R. Cartagena-Sierra, Alejandra Jimenez-Espejo, Francisco J. Gong, Xun Gruetzner, Jens Lathika, Nambiyathodi LeVay, Leah J. Ziegler, Martin |
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The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition |
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The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition |
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The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition |
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The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition |
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The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition |
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interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the agulhas plateau: antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the mid-pleistocene transition |
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Starr, A. , Hall, I. R. , Barker, S. , Hemming, S. R. , Rackow, T. orcid:0000-0002-5468-575X , Zhang, X. orcid:0000-0003-1833-9689 , van der Lubbe, J. , Knorr, G. orcid:0000-0002-8317-5046 , Berke, M. A. , Bigg, G. R. , Cartagena-Sierra, A. , Jimenez-Espejo, F. J. , Gong, X. orcid:0000-0001-9308-4431 , Gruetzner, J. orcid:0000-0001-5445-2393 , Lathika, N. , LeVay, L. J. and Ziegler, M. (2021) The interglacial-glacial sequence of events at the Agulhas Plateau: Antarctic icebergs lead ocean circulation into ice ages and across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition , Goldschmidt Virtual 2021, online, 4 July 2021 - 9 July 2021 . hdl:10013/epic.866d90b1-e016-47d7-965c-73967c0a307c |
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