A diatom-conductivity transfer function for reconstructing past changes in the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds over the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Saunders, Krystyna M., Hodgson, Dominic A., McMurtrie, Shelley, Grosjean, Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Campbell Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510922/

Sub-Antarctic islands are ideally placed to reconstruct past changes in Southern Hemisphere westerly wind behaviour. They lie within their core belt (50–60°S) and the strong winds deliver sea salt ions to the islands resulting in a west to east conductivity gradient in their water bodies. This means...