Meltwater Impacts on the Ocean Circulation since the Last Glacial Maximum

• Main Author: Marson, Juliana Marini
• Other Authors: Mata, Mauricio Magalhaes, Wainer, Ilana Elazari Klein Coaracy
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Biblioteca Digitais de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2015
• Subjects: AMOC; Atlantic Ocean; circulação de revolvimento meridional; deglaciação; deglaciation; massas de água; Oceano Atlântico; water masses; Antarctic; Austral; Entrada; Indian; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antártica; Ice Sheet; NADW; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/21/21135/tde-29052015-165852/

During the last 21,000 years, the planet underwent major changes. The atmospheric CO2 concentration increased ∼50% (Monnin et al., 2001) and the mean global temperature increased 4.0±0.8°C until pre-industrial times (Annan and Hargreaves, 2013). As a consequence of this warming, the huge ice sheets...