North Atlantic surface ocean 14C variability between 30 – 40 kyr. BP

The Faroe-Shetland channel is situated in the main path of the inflow of warm North Atlantic surface water to the Nordic seas and further provides an escape route for the cold Norwegian Sea Deep Water. AMS 14C dates of planktonic foraminifera covering Marine Isotope Stage 3 from two cores in the Far...

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Main Authors: Olsen, Jesper, Inceoglu, Fadil, Singarayer, Joy, Rasmussen, Tine, Reimer, Paula
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
radiocarbon
Ocean dynamics
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
SDG 13 - Climate Action
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
Greenland
Norwegian Sea
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma
Nordic Seas
North Atlantic
Planktonic foraminifera
Online Access:https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/43d4ca7d-06b3-4baa-90d9-4c5b6ca96de5
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Summary:The Faroe-Shetland channel is situated in the main path of the inflow of warm North Atlantic surface water to the Nordic seas and further provides an escape route for the cold Norwegian Sea Deep Water. AMS 14C dates of planktonic foraminifera covering Marine Isotope Stage 3 from two cores in the Faroe-Shetland channel will be used to trace past variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The reservoir age R shows considerable variability ranging between 50 to 2750 14C years. In particular high R values are observed during Heinrich event 4 (H4) with values around 1550 14C years and during the Laschamp magnetic excursion with R values as high as 2700 14C years. The period between Greenland interstadial 8 (GI8) and GI5 show highly variable R values with interstadial R values around 500 – 650 14C years, i.e. slightly higher than ‘normal’, whereas stadials show either significantly higher or lower R values. From GI5 towards the Last Glacial Maximum R values are generally around 1000 14C years or higher. Using magnetic susceptibility, IRD and δ13C and δ18O values measured on the planktic foraminifera species Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, we compare the observed R variability with reconstructed changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Furthermore a climate model of intermediate complexity (GENIE) including 14C is used as conceptual tool for identifying oceanographic configuration explaining the observed R variability.

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