Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic
Sediments cored along the southwestern Iberian margin during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 339 provide constraints on Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) circulation patterns from the Pliocene epoch to the present day. After the Strait of Gibraltar opened (5.33 million years ago), a lim...
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ftunivutrecht:oai:dspace.library.uu.nl:1874/309150 2023-07-23T04:20:30+02:00 Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic Hermández-Molina, F.J. Stow, D.A.V. Alvarez-Zarikian, C.A. Acton, G. Bahr, A. Balestra, B. Ducassou, E. Flood, R. Flores, J.-A. Furota, S. Grunert, P. Hodell, D. Jimenez-Espejo, F. Kim, J.K. Krissek, L. Kuroda, J. Li, B. Llave, E. Lofi, J. Lourens, L. Miller, M. Nanayama, F. Nishida, N. Richter, C. Roque, C. Pereira, H. Sanchez Goñi, M.F. Sierro, F.J. Singh, A.D. Takashimizu, Y. Tzanova, A. Voelker, A. Williams, T. Xuan, C. Stratigraphy & paleontology Stratigraphy and paleontology 2014 image/pdf https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/309150 en eng 0036-8075 https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/309150 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Article 2014 ftunivutrecht 2023-07-02T01:15:38Z Sediments cored along the southwestern Iberian margin during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 339 provide constraints on Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) circulation patterns from the Pliocene epoch to the present day. After the Strait of Gibraltar opened (5.33 million years ago), a limited volume of MOW entered the Atlantic. Depositional hiatuses indicate erosion by bottom currents related to higher volumes of MOW circulating into the North Atlantic, beginning in the late Pliocene. The hiatuses coincide with regional tectonic events and changes in global thermohaline circulation (THC). This suggests that MOW influenced Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), THC, and climatic shifts by contributing a component of warm, saline water to northern latitudes while in turn being influenced by plate tectonics. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Utrecht University Repository |
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Sediments cored along the southwestern Iberian margin during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 339 provide constraints on Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) circulation patterns from the Pliocene epoch to the present day. After the Strait of Gibraltar opened (5.33 million years ago), a limited volume of MOW entered the Atlantic. Depositional hiatuses indicate erosion by bottom currents related to higher volumes of MOW circulating into the North Atlantic, beginning in the late Pliocene. The hiatuses coincide with regional tectonic events and changes in global thermohaline circulation (THC). This suggests that MOW influenced Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), THC, and climatic shifts by contributing a component of warm, saline water to northern latitudes while in turn being influenced by plate tectonics. |
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Hermández-Molina, F.J. Stow, D.A.V. Alvarez-Zarikian, C.A. Acton, G. Bahr, A. Balestra, B. Ducassou, E. Flood, R. Flores, J.-A. Furota, S. Grunert, P. Hodell, D. Jimenez-Espejo, F. Kim, J.K. Krissek, L. Kuroda, J. Li, B. Llave, E. Lofi, J. Lourens, L. Miller, M. Nanayama, F. Nishida, N. Richter, C. Roque, C. Pereira, H. Sanchez Goñi, M.F. Sierro, F.J. Singh, A.D. Takashimizu, Y. Tzanova, A. Voelker, A. Williams, T. Xuan, C. |
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Hermández-Molina, F.J. Stow, D.A.V. Alvarez-Zarikian, C.A. Acton, G. Bahr, A. Balestra, B. Ducassou, E. Flood, R. Flores, J.-A. Furota, S. Grunert, P. Hodell, D. Jimenez-Espejo, F. Kim, J.K. Krissek, L. Kuroda, J. Li, B. Llave, E. Lofi, J. Lourens, L. Miller, M. Nanayama, F. Nishida, N. Richter, C. Roque, C. Pereira, H. Sanchez Goñi, M.F. Sierro, F.J. Singh, A.D. Takashimizu, Y. Tzanova, A. Voelker, A. Williams, T. Xuan, C. Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic |
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Hermández-Molina, F.J. Stow, D.A.V. Alvarez-Zarikian, C.A. Acton, G. Bahr, A. Balestra, B. Ducassou, E. Flood, R. Flores, J.-A. Furota, S. Grunert, P. Hodell, D. Jimenez-Espejo, F. Kim, J.K. Krissek, L. Kuroda, J. Li, B. Llave, E. Lofi, J. Lourens, L. Miller, M. Nanayama, F. Nishida, N. Richter, C. Roque, C. Pereira, H. Sanchez Goñi, M.F. Sierro, F.J. Singh, A.D. Takashimizu, Y. Tzanova, A. Voelker, A. Williams, T. Xuan, C. |
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Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic |
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Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic |
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Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic |
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Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic |
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Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic |
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onset of mediterranean outflow into the north atlantic |
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North Atlantic |
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North Atlantic |
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