Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation
Highlights • The Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes are characterised by obliquity and semi-precession cycles during the Mi-1 deglaciation • The obliquity variability is attributed to polar influence and the semi-precessional variability to tropical influence • Semi-precession cycles do not appear un...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:38804 2023-05-15T13:37:37+02:00 Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation Fox, B. R. S. D'Andrea, W. J. Wilson, G. S. Lee, D. E. Wartho, J.-A. 2017-08 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38804/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38804/1/Fox.pdf https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38804/2/Fox_Suppl.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.06.008 en eng Elsevier https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38804/1/Fox.pdf https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38804/2/Fox_Suppl.pdf Fox, B. R. S., D'Andrea, W. J., Wilson, G. S., Lee, D. E. and Wartho, J. A. (2017) Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation. Global and Planetary Change, 155 . pp. 109-120. DOI 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.06.008 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.06.008>. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.06.008 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Article PeerReviewed 2017 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.06.008 2023-04-07T15:34:28Z Highlights • The Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes are characterised by obliquity and semi-precession cycles during the Mi-1 deglaciation • The obliquity variability is attributed to polar influence and the semi-precessional variability to tropical influence • Semi-precession cycles do not appear until 23.01 Ma, corresponding to the onset of Antarctic deglaciation • The interaction between polar and tropical influence is related to the position and strength of the westerly wind belt Abstract It is well-known from geologic archives that Pleistocene and Holocene climate is characterised by cyclical variation on a wide range of timescales, and that these cycles of variation interact in complex ways. However, it is rarely possible to reconstruct sub-precessional (< 20 kyr) climate variations for periods predating the oldest ice-core records (c. 800 ka). Here we present an investigation of orbital to potentially sub-precessional cyclicity from an annually resolved lake sediment core dated to a 100-kyr period in the earliest Miocene (23.03–22.93 Ma) and spanning a period of major Antarctic deglaciation associated with the second half of the Mi-1 event. Principal component analysis (PCA) of sediment bulk density, magnetic susceptibility (MS), and CIELAB L* and b* with a resolution of ~10 years indicates two major environmental processes governing the physical properties records, which we interpret as changes in wind strength and changes in precipitation. Spectral analysis of the principal components indicates that both processes are strongly influenced by obliquity (41 kyr). We interpret this 41-kyr cycle in wind strength and precipitation as related to the changing position and strength of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds. Precipitation is also influenced by an 11-kyr cycle. The 11-kyr periodicity is potentially related to orbital cyclicity, representing the equatorial semi-precessional maximum insolation cycle. This semi-precession cycle has been identified in a number of records from the Pleistocene and ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic ice core OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Antarctic Global and Planetary Change 155 109 120 |
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Highlights • The Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes are characterised by obliquity and semi-precession cycles during the Mi-1 deglaciation • The obliquity variability is attributed to polar influence and the semi-precessional variability to tropical influence • Semi-precession cycles do not appear until 23.01 Ma, corresponding to the onset of Antarctic deglaciation • The interaction between polar and tropical influence is related to the position and strength of the westerly wind belt Abstract It is well-known from geologic archives that Pleistocene and Holocene climate is characterised by cyclical variation on a wide range of timescales, and that these cycles of variation interact in complex ways. However, it is rarely possible to reconstruct sub-precessional (< 20 kyr) climate variations for periods predating the oldest ice-core records (c. 800 ka). Here we present an investigation of orbital to potentially sub-precessional cyclicity from an annually resolved lake sediment core dated to a 100-kyr period in the earliest Miocene (23.03–22.93 Ma) and spanning a period of major Antarctic deglaciation associated with the second half of the Mi-1 event. Principal component analysis (PCA) of sediment bulk density, magnetic susceptibility (MS), and CIELAB L* and b* with a resolution of ~10 years indicates two major environmental processes governing the physical properties records, which we interpret as changes in wind strength and changes in precipitation. Spectral analysis of the principal components indicates that both processes are strongly influenced by obliquity (41 kyr). We interpret this 41-kyr cycle in wind strength and precipitation as related to the changing position and strength of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds. Precipitation is also influenced by an 11-kyr cycle. The 11-kyr periodicity is potentially related to orbital cyclicity, representing the equatorial semi-precessional maximum insolation cycle. This semi-precession cycle has been identified in a number of records from the Pleistocene and ... |
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Fox, B. R. S. D'Andrea, W. J. Wilson, G. S. Lee, D. E. Wartho, J.-A. Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation |
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Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation |
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Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation |
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Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation |
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Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation |
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Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation |
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