Persistent Nordic deep-water overflow to the glacial North Atlantic

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Crocket, K. C., Vance, D., Gutjahr, Marcus, Foster, G. L., Richards, D. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: GSA, Geological Society of America 2011
• Subjects: Greenland; Rockall Trough; Iceland; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/21249/; https://doi.org/10.1130/G31677.1

North Atlantic climate is very sensitive to overturning in the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian (GIN) Seas, overflow of deep water into the North Atlantic via the Greenland-Iceland-Scotland Ridge, and compensating northward flow of warm surface water. Physical models suggest that, in the absence of such...