The meridional temperature gradient in the eastern North Atlantic during MIS 11 and its link to the ocean–atmosphere system.

Kandiano, Evgeniya S., Bauch, Henning A. , Fahl, Kirsten, Helmke, Jan P., Röhl, Ursula, Pérez-Folgado, Marta and Cacho, Isabel (2012) The meridional temperature gradient in the eastern North Atlantic during MIS 11 and its link to the ocean–atmosphere system. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 333/334 . pp. 24-39. DOI 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.03.005.

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Abstract

Temporal and spatial patterns in eastern North Atlantic sea-surface temperatures (SST) were reconstructed for marine isotope stage (MIS) 11c using a submeridional transect of five sediment cores. The SST reconstructions are based on planktic foraminiferal abundances and alkenone indices, and are supported by benthic and planktic stable isotope measurements, as well as by ice-rafted debris content in polar and middle latitudes. Additionally, the larger-scale dynamics of the precipitation regime over northern Africa and the western Mediterranean region was evaluated from iron concentrations in marine sediments off NW Africa and planktic δ13C in combination with analysis of planktic foraminiferal abundances down to the species level in the Mediterranean Sea. Compared to the modern situation, it is revealed that during entire MIS 11c sensu stricto (ss), i.e., between 420 and 398 ka according to our age models, a cold SST anomaly in the Nordic seas co-existed with a warm SST anomaly in the middle latitudes and the subtropics, resulting in steeper meridional SST gradients than during the Holocene. Such a SST pattern correlates well with a prevalence of a negative mode of the modern North Atlantic Oscillation. We suggest that our scenario might partly explain the longer duration of wet conditions in the northern Africa during MIS 11c compared to the Holocene.

Document Type: Article
Additional Information: WOS:000304568900003
Keywords: Eastern North Atlantic; Stage 11; North Atlantic Oscillation; Foraminiferal sea surface temperatures; Alkenone sea surface temperatures; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE-11; PLANKTONIC-FORAMINIFERA; NORWEGIAN SEA; NORDIC SEAS; GLOBOROTALIA-TRUNCATULINOIDES; MOLECULAR STRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION PATTERNS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ANTARCTIC ICE
Research affiliation: MARUM
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-P-OZ Paleo-Oceanography
HGF-AWI
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Elsevier
Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2012 09:35
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2019 21:01
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/19362

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