Constraints on the Northwestern Atlantic Deep Water Circulation From 231 Pa/ 230 Th During the Last 30,000 Years
Global climatic changes during the last glacial and deglacial have been related to variations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Here, we present new and refined 231 Pa/ 230 Th down‐core profiles extending back to 30 ka BP from the northwestern Atlantic along the Atlantic Dee...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology 2019-12, Vol.34 (12), p.1945-1958 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Global climatic changes during the last glacial and deglacial have been related to variations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Here, we present new and refined
231
Pa/
230
Th down‐core profiles extending back to 30 ka BP from the northwestern Atlantic along the Atlantic Deep Western Boundary Current, which is the main component of the southward deep backflow of the AMOC. Besides the well‐known Bermuda Rise records, available high‐resolution
231
Pa/
230
Th data in the northwestern Atlantic are still sparse. Our new records along with reconstructions of deep water provenance from Nd isotopes constrain the timing and magnitude of past changes in AMOC from an additional northwestern Atlantic region forming a depth transect between 3,000‐ and 4,760‐m water depth. Our extended and improved data set confirms the weakening of the AMOC during deglacial cold spells such as Heinrich Event 1 and the Younger Dryas interrupted by a reinvigoration during the Bølling‐Allerød interstadial as seen in the prominent
231
Pa/
230
Th records from the Bermuda Rise. However, in contrast to the Bermuda Rise records, we find a clearly reduced circulation strength during the Last Glacial Maximum in the deep Atlantic.
Four new
231
Pa/
230
Th records form a depth transect in the northwestern Atlantic in millennial‐scale resolution back to 30 ka
Combined records resolve millennial‐scale deep water variabilities like YD, B/A, HS1, LGM, and HS2
Timing and magnitude of record variations are in line with the well‐known Bermuda Rise record with exception of the LGM |
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ISSN: | 2572-4517 2572-4525 |
DOI: | 10.1029/2019PA003737 |