What Do Paleo-Geochemical Tracers Tell Us About the Deep Ocean Circulation During the Last Ice Age?
Paleo-tracers such as carbon 13 and cadmium show that the deep Atlantic was enriched in nutrients during the Last Ice Age. The conventionally accepted interpretation of these higher nutrient levels is that a reduction of the rate of formation of nutrient-depleted Lower North Atlantic Deep Water (Low...
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ftdtic:ADA298636 2023-05-15T13:38:48+02:00 What Do Paleo-Geochemical Tracers Tell Us About the Deep Ocean Circulation During the Last Ice Age? LeGrand, Pascal MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE 1994-09 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA298636 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA298636 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA298636 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Geology Geochemistry and Mineralogy Snow Ice and Permafrost *OCEAN CURRENTS *NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN *DEEP OCEANS *PALEONTOLOGY MATHEMATICAL MODELS ALGORITHMS COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION THESES VORTICES NUTRIENTS OXYGEN MARINE ATMOSPHERES OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA LEAST SQUARES METHOD CLIMATE CADMIUM SALINITY AIR WATER INTERACTIONS OCEAN MODELS WATER MASSES GEOCHEMISTRY OCEAN BOTTOM WATER DISTRIBUTION SEA ICE ANTARCTIC REGIONS GLACIERS GLACIAL GEOLOGY TRACER STUDIES RADIOCARBON DATING SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Text 1994 ftdtic 2016-02-19T18:15:10Z Paleo-tracers such as carbon 13 and cadmium show that the deep Atlantic was enriched in nutrients during the Last Ice Age. The conventionally accepted interpretation of these higher nutrient levels is that a reduction of the rate of formation of nutrient-depleted Lower North Atlantic Deep Water (Lower NADW) allowed nutrient-rich Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) to push further north during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) (Boyle and Keigwin, 1982; 1987; Duplessy et al., 1988). The evidence for this interpretation is re-examined in this work, with an emphasis on the quantitative analysis of the paleodata An end-member analysis of the 813C data indicates a larger volume of AABW and a smaller volume of Lower NADW during the LOM. It is not yet possible, however, to quantify the extent of the volume differences between the modem and the glacial distributions, because the LGM omega(13)C end-members are poorly known. The second issue examined in this thesis deals with the interpretation of the water mass distribution, inferred from paleo-tracers, in terms of the oceanic circulation. Using a dynamical inverse model of the North Atlantic and a kinematic inverse model of the South Atlantic, it is shown that a tracer distribution corresponding to a significantly reduced volume of Lower NADW does not necessarily correspond to a reduced flux of NADW. Indeed, a circulation almost identical to a modem ocean reference circulation is consistent with the available LGM 813C and 818Q data. (AN) Text Antarc* Antarctic Ice NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic permafrost Sea ice South Atlantic Ocean Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Antarctic |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Geology Geochemistry and Mineralogy Snow Ice and Permafrost *OCEAN CURRENTS *NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN *DEEP OCEANS *PALEONTOLOGY MATHEMATICAL MODELS ALGORITHMS COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION THESES VORTICES NUTRIENTS OXYGEN MARINE ATMOSPHERES OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA LEAST SQUARES METHOD CLIMATE CADMIUM SALINITY AIR WATER INTERACTIONS OCEAN MODELS WATER MASSES GEOCHEMISTRY OCEAN BOTTOM WATER DISTRIBUTION SEA ICE ANTARCTIC REGIONS GLACIERS GLACIAL GEOLOGY TRACER STUDIES RADIOCARBON DATING SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Geology Geochemistry and Mineralogy Snow Ice and Permafrost *OCEAN CURRENTS *NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN *DEEP OCEANS *PALEONTOLOGY MATHEMATICAL MODELS ALGORITHMS COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION THESES VORTICES NUTRIENTS OXYGEN MARINE ATMOSPHERES OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA LEAST SQUARES METHOD CLIMATE CADMIUM SALINITY AIR WATER INTERACTIONS OCEAN MODELS WATER MASSES GEOCHEMISTRY OCEAN BOTTOM WATER DISTRIBUTION SEA ICE ANTARCTIC REGIONS GLACIERS GLACIAL GEOLOGY TRACER STUDIES RADIOCARBON DATING SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN LeGrand, Pascal What Do Paleo-Geochemical Tracers Tell Us About the Deep Ocean Circulation During the Last Ice Age? |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Geology Geochemistry and Mineralogy Snow Ice and Permafrost *OCEAN CURRENTS *NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN *DEEP OCEANS *PALEONTOLOGY MATHEMATICAL MODELS ALGORITHMS COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION THESES VORTICES NUTRIENTS OXYGEN MARINE ATMOSPHERES OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA LEAST SQUARES METHOD CLIMATE CADMIUM SALINITY AIR WATER INTERACTIONS OCEAN MODELS WATER MASSES GEOCHEMISTRY OCEAN BOTTOM WATER DISTRIBUTION SEA ICE ANTARCTIC REGIONS GLACIERS GLACIAL GEOLOGY TRACER STUDIES RADIOCARBON DATING SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN |
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Paleo-tracers such as carbon 13 and cadmium show that the deep Atlantic was enriched in nutrients during the Last Ice Age. The conventionally accepted interpretation of these higher nutrient levels is that a reduction of the rate of formation of nutrient-depleted Lower North Atlantic Deep Water (Lower NADW) allowed nutrient-rich Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) to push further north during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) (Boyle and Keigwin, 1982; 1987; Duplessy et al., 1988). The evidence for this interpretation is re-examined in this work, with an emphasis on the quantitative analysis of the paleodata An end-member analysis of the 813C data indicates a larger volume of AABW and a smaller volume of Lower NADW during the LOM. It is not yet possible, however, to quantify the extent of the volume differences between the modem and the glacial distributions, because the LGM omega(13)C end-members are poorly known. The second issue examined in this thesis deals with the interpretation of the water mass distribution, inferred from paleo-tracers, in terms of the oceanic circulation. Using a dynamical inverse model of the North Atlantic and a kinematic inverse model of the South Atlantic, it is shown that a tracer distribution corresponding to a significantly reduced volume of Lower NADW does not necessarily correspond to a reduced flux of NADW. Indeed, a circulation almost identical to a modem ocean reference circulation is consistent with the available LGM 813C and 818Q data. (AN) |
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What Do Paleo-Geochemical Tracers Tell Us About the Deep Ocean Circulation During the Last Ice Age? |
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What Do Paleo-Geochemical Tracers Tell Us About the Deep Ocean Circulation During the Last Ice Age? |
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What Do Paleo-Geochemical Tracers Tell Us About the Deep Ocean Circulation During the Last Ice Age? |
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What Do Paleo-Geochemical Tracers Tell Us About the Deep Ocean Circulation During the Last Ice Age? |
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What Do Paleo-Geochemical Tracers Tell Us About the Deep Ocean Circulation During the Last Ice Age? |
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what do paleo-geochemical tracers tell us about the deep ocean circulation during the last ice age? |
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Antarc* Antarctic Ice NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic permafrost Sea ice South Atlantic Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Ice NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic permafrost Sea ice South Atlantic Ocean |
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