Holocene climate variability in the Labrador Sea

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: Hoogakker, Babette A. A., McCave, I. Nick, Elderfield, Henry, Hillaire-Marcel, Claude, Simstich, Johannes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: 01 - Climate Change and Earth-Ocean Atmosphere Systems; Orphan Knoll; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3319/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3319/1/272.full.pdf; http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/content/172/2/272; https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2013-097

Formation of Labrador Sea Water proper commenced about 7000 years ago during the Holocene interglacial. To test whether fresher surface water conditions may have inhibited Labrador Sea Water convection during the early Holocene we measured planktonic foraminiferal (Globigerina bulloides) oxygen isot...