Surface- and deep-water hydrography and meltwater events in the mid-latitude North Atlantic Ocean over the past 160,000 years

• Published in: Atlantic Geology
• Main Authors: Park, Myong-Ho, Kiefer, Thorsten, Zahn, Rainer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bris; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Nes; Nes’; Antarc*; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1976

An investigation involving stable oxygen and carbon isotopes on core Ml5612 from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (445N, 26°W) shows that distinct negative δIRO anomalies punctuate the plank tonic isotope records and correlate with the ice-raftcd detritus (IRD) events. Within most IRD layers, detnta...