Persistent Nordic deep water overflow to the glacial North Atlantic

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Crocket, Kirsty C, Vance, D, Gutjahr, M, Foster, GL, Richards, DA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Greenland; Rockall Trough; Iceland; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/d0432426-9019-4556-8d3f-5c2ac8ba804c; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/d0432426-9019-4556-8d3f-5c2ac8ba804c; https://doi.org/10.1130/G31677.1; http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/39/6/515

North Atlantic climate is very sensitive to overturning in the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian (GIN) Seas, overflow of deep water into the North Atlantic via the Greenland-Iceland-Scotland Ridge, and compensating northward fl ow of warm surface water. Physical models suggest that, in the absence of such...