Miocene restriction of the Pacific-North Atlantic throughflow strengthened Atlantic overturning circulation.

Kirillova, Valeriia, Osborne, Anne Helen , Störling, Tjördis and Frank, Martin (2019) Miocene restriction of the Pacific-North Atlantic throughflow strengthened Atlantic overturning circulation. Open Access Nature Communications, 10 (Article number: 4025 ). DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-12034-7.

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Abstract

Export of warm and salty waters from the Caribbean to the North Atlantic is an essential component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). However, there was also an active AMOC during the Miocene, despite evidence for an open Central American Seaway (CAS) that would have allowed low-salinity Pacific waters to enter the Caribbean. To address this apparent contradiction and to constrain the timing of CAS closure we present the first continuous Nd isotope record of intermediate waters in the Florida Strait over the past 12.5 million years. Our results indicate that there was no direct intermediate water mass export from the Caribbean to the Florida Strait between 11.5 and 9.5 Ma, at the same time as a strengthened AMOC. After 9 Ma a strong AMOC was maintained due to a major step in CAS closure and the consequent cessation of low-salinity Pacific waters entering the Caribbean.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: paleoceanography, Gulf Stream, Miocene, AMOC, neodymium
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-P-OZ Paleo-Oceanography
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Osborne, Anne Helen
Osborne, Anne Helen (Osborne, Anne, Osborne Grüne, Anne)
FB1-P-OZ Paleo-Oceanography
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: Yes
Publisher: Nature Research
Projects: POMOR, ODP
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2019 11:37
Last Modified: 31 Jan 2022 09:19
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/47773

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