Geochemistry of Auckland Island Lake Sediments: Assessing Recent Sub-Antarctic Climate Change

• Main Author: Curtin, Lorelei
• Other Authors: Moy, Christopher
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2015
• Subjects: Auckland Islands; Holocene; Southern Hemisphere; Westerly Winds; lake; geochemistry; alkane; paleoclimate; Antarctic; Island Lake; New Zealand; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Auckland Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5789

The Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds (SHWW) are one of the primary controllers of air-ocean CO2 flux in the Southern Ocean. As the winds shift poleward and intensify with an increasingly positive Southern Annular Mode (SAM), upwelling of CO2-rich deep ocean water is enhanced, and the ocean's...