Threshold in North Atlantic-Arctic Ocean circulation controlled by the subsidence of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge

During the Cenozoic the Arctic Ocean change from a restricted freshwater regime towards more saline modern ocean conditions is supposedly driven by the subsidence of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. Here, the authors derive a threshold for this shift, constrained by the characteristic depth of wind mix...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Michael Stärz, Wilfried Jokat, Gregor Knorr, Gerrit Lohmann
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Greenland
Atlantic Arctic
Atlantic-Arctic
Greenland-Scotland Ridge
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15681
https://doaj.org/article/1103bd41c46b4f20850c6be39cb5e77e
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Summary:During the Cenozoic the Arctic Ocean change from a restricted freshwater regime towards more saline modern ocean conditions is supposedly driven by the subsidence of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. Here, the authors derive a threshold for this shift, constrained by the characteristic depth of wind mixing.

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