Latest Pliocene and earliest Pleistocene multi-proxy records of IODP Site 306-U1314

• Main Authors: Hayashi, Tatsuya, Yamanaka, Toshiro, Hikasa, Yuki, Sato, Masahiko, Kuwahara, Yoshihiro, Ohno, Masao
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program / International Ocean Discovery Program; IODP; Iceland; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.922223; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922223

The global climate has been dominated by glacial-interglacial variations since the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation 2.7 million years ago. Although the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation has exerted strong influence on recent climatic changes, there is controversy over its influence on Northern Hemisphere glaciation because its deep limb, North Atlantic Deep Water, was thought to have weakened. Here we show that Northern Hemisphere glaciation was amplified by the intensified Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, based on multi-proxy records from the subpolar North Atlantic. We found that the Iceland-Scotland Overflow Water, contributing North Atlantic Deep Water, significantly increased after 2.7 million years ago and was actively maintained even in early stages of individual glacials, in contrast with late stages when it drastically decreased because of iceberg melting. Probably, the active Nordic Seas overturning during the early stages of glacials facilitated the efficient growth of ice sheets and amplified glacial oscillations.