Oceanic, atmospheric and ice-sheet forcing of South East Atlantic Ocean productivity and South African monsoon intensity during MIS-12 to 10
Variations in the strength of coastal upwelling in the South East Atlantic Ocean and summer monsoonal rains over South Africa are controlled by the regional atmospheric circulation regime. Although information about these parameters exists for the last glacial period, little detailed information exi...
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ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:705326 2023-05-15T16:41:10+02:00 Oceanic, atmospheric and ice-sheet forcing of South East Atlantic Ocean productivity and South African monsoon intensity during MIS-12 to 10 Dickson, AJ Leng, MJ Maslin, MA Rohl, U 2010-12 http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/705326/ unknown PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD QUATERNARY SCI REV , 29 (27-28) 3936 - 3947. (2010) BENGUELA UPWELLING SYSTEM SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM CARBON-ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION LATE QUATERNARY ORGANIC-MATTER PLANKTONIC-FORAMINIFERA LATE PLEISTOCENE GROWTH-RATE THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION Article 2010 ftucl 2013-11-09T23:38:01Z Variations in the strength of coastal upwelling in the South East Atlantic Ocean and summer monsoonal rains over South Africa are controlled by the regional atmospheric circulation regime. Although information about these parameters exists for the last glacial period, little detailed information exists for older time periods. New information from ODP Site 1085 for Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 12-10 shows that glacial interglacial productivity trends linked to upwelling variability followed a pattern similar to the last glacial cycle, with maximums shortly before glacial maxima, and minimums shortly before glacial terminations. During the MIS-11/10 transition, several periodic oscillations in productivity and monsoonal proxies are best explained by southwards shifts in the southern sub-tropical high-pressure cells followed by abrupt northwards shifts. Comparison to coeval sea-surface temperature measurements suggests that these monsoonal cycles were tightly coupled to anti-phased hemispheric climate change, with an intensified summer monsoon during periods of Northern (Southern) Hemisphere cooling (warming). The timing of these events suggests a pacing by insolation over precession periods. A lack of similar regional circulation shifts during the MIS-13/12 transition is likely due to the large equatorwards shift in the tropical convection zone that occurred during this extreme glaciation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Planktonic foraminifera University College London: UCL Discovery |
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BENGUELA UPWELLING SYSTEM SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM CARBON-ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION LATE QUATERNARY ORGANIC-MATTER PLANKTONIC-FORAMINIFERA LATE PLEISTOCENE GROWTH-RATE THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION |
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BENGUELA UPWELLING SYSTEM SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM CARBON-ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION LATE QUATERNARY ORGANIC-MATTER PLANKTONIC-FORAMINIFERA LATE PLEISTOCENE GROWTH-RATE THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION Dickson, AJ Leng, MJ Maslin, MA Rohl, U Oceanic, atmospheric and ice-sheet forcing of South East Atlantic Ocean productivity and South African monsoon intensity during MIS-12 to 10 |
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BENGUELA UPWELLING SYSTEM SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM CARBON-ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION LATE QUATERNARY ORGANIC-MATTER PLANKTONIC-FORAMINIFERA LATE PLEISTOCENE GROWTH-RATE THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION |
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Variations in the strength of coastal upwelling in the South East Atlantic Ocean and summer monsoonal rains over South Africa are controlled by the regional atmospheric circulation regime. Although information about these parameters exists for the last glacial period, little detailed information exists for older time periods. New information from ODP Site 1085 for Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 12-10 shows that glacial interglacial productivity trends linked to upwelling variability followed a pattern similar to the last glacial cycle, with maximums shortly before glacial maxima, and minimums shortly before glacial terminations. During the MIS-11/10 transition, several periodic oscillations in productivity and monsoonal proxies are best explained by southwards shifts in the southern sub-tropical high-pressure cells followed by abrupt northwards shifts. Comparison to coeval sea-surface temperature measurements suggests that these monsoonal cycles were tightly coupled to anti-phased hemispheric climate change, with an intensified summer monsoon during periods of Northern (Southern) Hemisphere cooling (warming). The timing of these events suggests a pacing by insolation over precession periods. A lack of similar regional circulation shifts during the MIS-13/12 transition is likely due to the large equatorwards shift in the tropical convection zone that occurred during this extreme glaciation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Dickson, AJ Leng, MJ Maslin, MA Rohl, U |
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Dickson, AJ Leng, MJ Maslin, MA Rohl, U |
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Dickson, AJ |
title |
Oceanic, atmospheric and ice-sheet forcing of South East Atlantic Ocean productivity and South African monsoon intensity during MIS-12 to 10 |
title_short |
Oceanic, atmospheric and ice-sheet forcing of South East Atlantic Ocean productivity and South African monsoon intensity during MIS-12 to 10 |
title_full |
Oceanic, atmospheric and ice-sheet forcing of South East Atlantic Ocean productivity and South African monsoon intensity during MIS-12 to 10 |
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Oceanic, atmospheric and ice-sheet forcing of South East Atlantic Ocean productivity and South African monsoon intensity during MIS-12 to 10 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Oceanic, atmospheric and ice-sheet forcing of South East Atlantic Ocean productivity and South African monsoon intensity during MIS-12 to 10 |
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oceanic, atmospheric and ice-sheet forcing of south east atlantic ocean productivity and south african monsoon intensity during mis-12 to 10 |
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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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2010 |
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Ice Sheet Planktonic foraminifera |
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Ice Sheet Planktonic foraminifera |
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QUATERNARY SCI REV , 29 (27-28) 3936 - 3947. (2010) |
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