Paleo-Water Column Structure In The South Pacific: Evidence from Foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca
The South Pacific represents the largest sector of the Southern Ocean. Here lies the major intermediate and bottom water formation region, rendering it a key area for studies of intermediate-deep water masses such as Subantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) and Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). The interme...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:34017 2023-05-15T13:52:06+02:00 Paleo-Water Column Structure In The South Pacific: Evidence from Foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca Tapia Arroyo, Raul Ivan 2016 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34017/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34017/1/PhDThesis_Fullversion_R_Tapia_2016.pdf http://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/dissertation_diss_00019281 en eng https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34017/1/PhDThesis_Fullversion_R_Tapia_2016.pdf Tapia Arroyo, R. I. (2016) Paleo-Water Column Structure In The South Pacific: Evidence from Foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca. Open Access (PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 187 pp. UrhG info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Thesis NonPeerReviewed 2016 ftoceanrep 2023-04-07T15:27:48Z The South Pacific represents the largest sector of the Southern Ocean. Here lies the major intermediate and bottom water formation region, rendering it a key area for studies of intermediate-deep water masses such as Subantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) and Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). The intermediate waters formed in the Southern Ocean (e.g. AAIW and SAMW) sequester significant quantities of anthropogenic CO2 and other atmospheric gases in the ocean interior. These processes have been suggested to play an important role in modulating climatic variability at glacial-interglacial time scales. The AAIW and SAMW ventilate the thermocline of the oceanic gyres as well as form the link between the Southern Ocean and the tropics, via mechanisms such as “oceanic tunneling” that transport climatic signals (e.g. temperature and salinity) and nutrients across latitudes. The active participation of the AAIW and SAMW in the heat, freshwater and carbon transports at global scale renders their role relevant in climate modulation. The central South Pacific is still poorly understood, as previous paleoceanographic reconstructions are mostly limited to the outer rim of the SPG, i.e. equatorial Pacific or close to the continental margin of South America and New Zealand. In addition, a limit in temporal coverage is evident since a large number of the reconstructions in the domain of the SPG are either time slices (Holocene-Last Glacial Maximum), or not extending beyond ~100 kyr. Therefore, the climatic history of the central South Pacific prior to MIS 5 is virtually unknown. Despite the large volume of intermediate waters formed in the South Pacific and the extensive area that the SPG covers, information regarding past changes in the formation of AAIW-SAMW and its impact on the South Pacific Gyre (SPG)’s thermocline is basically absent. Thesis Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Antarctic New Zealand Pacific Southern Ocean |
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The South Pacific represents the largest sector of the Southern Ocean. Here lies the major intermediate and bottom water formation region, rendering it a key area for studies of intermediate-deep water masses such as Subantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) and Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). The intermediate waters formed in the Southern Ocean (e.g. AAIW and SAMW) sequester significant quantities of anthropogenic CO2 and other atmospheric gases in the ocean interior. These processes have been suggested to play an important role in modulating climatic variability at glacial-interglacial time scales. The AAIW and SAMW ventilate the thermocline of the oceanic gyres as well as form the link between the Southern Ocean and the tropics, via mechanisms such as “oceanic tunneling” that transport climatic signals (e.g. temperature and salinity) and nutrients across latitudes. The active participation of the AAIW and SAMW in the heat, freshwater and carbon transports at global scale renders their role relevant in climate modulation. The central South Pacific is still poorly understood, as previous paleoceanographic reconstructions are mostly limited to the outer rim of the SPG, i.e. equatorial Pacific or close to the continental margin of South America and New Zealand. In addition, a limit in temporal coverage is evident since a large number of the reconstructions in the domain of the SPG are either time slices (Holocene-Last Glacial Maximum), or not extending beyond ~100 kyr. Therefore, the climatic history of the central South Pacific prior to MIS 5 is virtually unknown. Despite the large volume of intermediate waters formed in the South Pacific and the extensive area that the SPG covers, information regarding past changes in the formation of AAIW-SAMW and its impact on the South Pacific Gyre (SPG)’s thermocline is basically absent. |
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Paleo-Water Column Structure In The South Pacific: Evidence from Foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca |
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Paleo-Water Column Structure In The South Pacific: Evidence from Foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca |
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Paleo-Water Column Structure In The South Pacific: Evidence from Foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca |
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Paleo-Water Column Structure In The South Pacific: Evidence from Foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34017/1/PhDThesis_Fullversion_R_Tapia_2016.pdf Tapia Arroyo, R. I. (2016) Paleo-Water Column Structure In The South Pacific: Evidence from Foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca. Open Access (PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 187 pp. |
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