Promotion of meridional overturning by Mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation

We demonstrate that changes in the behavior of the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) prior to and through the last deglaciation played an important role in promoting Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC). Estimation of past MOW salt and heat fluxes indicates that they gradually increased through...

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Published in:Paleoceanography
Main Authors: Rogerson, M., Rohling, E.J., Weaver, P.P.E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2006
Subjects:
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/42025/
http://www.agu.org/journals/pa/pa0604/2006PA001306/
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spelling ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:42025 2023-07-30T04:05:12+02:00 Promotion of meridional overturning by Mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation Rogerson, M. Rohling, E.J. Weaver, P.P.E. 2006-11 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/42025/ http://www.agu.org/journals/pa/pa0604/2006PA001306/ unknown Rogerson, M., Rohling, E.J. and Weaver, P.P.E. (2006) Promotion of meridional overturning by Mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation. Paleoceanography, 21 (4), PA4101-8pp. (doi:10.1029/2006PA001306 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006PA001306>). Article PeerReviewed 2006 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.1029/2006PA001306 2023-07-09T20:49:33Z We demonstrate that changes in the behavior of the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) prior to and through the last deglaciation played an important role in promoting Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC). Estimation of past MOW salt and heat fluxes indicates that they gradually increased through the last deglaciation. Between 17.5 and 14.6 thousand years ago (ka B.P., where B.P. references year 1950), net evaporation from the Mediterranean exported sufficient fresh water from the North Atlantic catchment to cause an average salinity increase of 0.5 psu throughout the upper 2000 m of the entire North Atlantic to the north of 25 Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Paleoceanography 21 4
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description We demonstrate that changes in the behavior of the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) prior to and through the last deglaciation played an important role in promoting Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC). Estimation of past MOW salt and heat fluxes indicates that they gradually increased through the last deglaciation. Between 17.5 and 14.6 thousand years ago (ka B.P., where B.P. references year 1950), net evaporation from the Mediterranean exported sufficient fresh water from the North Atlantic catchment to cause an average salinity increase of 0.5 psu throughout the upper 2000 m of the entire North Atlantic to the north of 25
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author Rogerson, M.
Rohling, E.J.
Weaver, P.P.E.
spellingShingle Rogerson, M.
Rohling, E.J.
Weaver, P.P.E.
Promotion of meridional overturning by Mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation
author_facet Rogerson, M.
Rohling, E.J.
Weaver, P.P.E.
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title Promotion of meridional overturning by Mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation
title_short Promotion of meridional overturning by Mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation
title_full Promotion of meridional overturning by Mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation
title_fullStr Promotion of meridional overturning by Mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation
title_full_unstemmed Promotion of meridional overturning by Mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation
title_sort promotion of meridional overturning by mediterranean-derived salt during the last deglaciation
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