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Deepwater source variations during the last climatic cycle and their impact on the global deepwater circulation

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In this paper, a detailed reconstruction of the geographic distribution of ∂13C in benthic foraminifera in the Atlantic Ocean during the last glacial maximum was presented.
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The degree of similarity of the ∂13C records of the planktonic foraminiferal species N. pachyderma and of the benthic foraminiferal genus Cibicides in the high-latitude basins of the world ocean is used as an indicator of the presence of deepwater sources during the last climatic cycle. Whereas continuous formation of deep water is recognized in the southern ocean, the Norwegian Sea stopped acting as a sink for surface water during isotope stage 4 and the remainder of the last glaciation. However, deep water formed in the north Atlantic south of the Norwegian Sea during the last climatic cycle as early as isotope substage 5d, and this area was also the only active northern source during stages 4–2. A detailed reconstruction of the geographic distribution of ∂13C in benthic foraminifera in the Atlantic Ocean during the last glacial maximum shows that the most important deepwater mass originated from the southern ocean, whereas the Glacial North Atlantic Deep Water cannot be traced south of 40°N. At shallower depth an oxygenated 13C rich Intermediate Water mass extended from 45°N to 15°S. In the Pacific Ocean a ventilation higher than the modern one was also found in open ocean in the depth range 700–2600 m and is best explained by stronger formation of Intermediate Water in high northern latitudes.

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On the role of thermohaline advection and sea ice in glacial transitions

TL;DR: In this article, a two-dimensional, one-basin thermohaline oceanic circulation (THC) model coupled with an atmospheric energy balance model (EBM) with land ice albedo effect and a thermodynamic sea ice model is used to study global climate on centennial, and longer, timescales.
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Simulating the Last Glacial Maximum and abrupt glacial climate shifts in a coupled Earth System Model

Xu Zhang
TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive climate model was used to obtain an appropriate climate state at the last glacial maximum (LGM, 21,000 years before present, 21ka BP) that can be used as an initial condition for deglaciation.
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Isotopic compositions of fluid inclusions in the Earth crust : determination of fluid sources and palaeoclimatic reconstructions

TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study of halite is presented, where the authors use microthermometric data plus hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions of fluid inclusions of aqueous inclusions to estimate the sources and the temperature of the parental water of halites as well as the wind speed at the water-air interface during the crystal growth.
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Closing off the Southern Ocean surface

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of a Southern Ocean surface outcrop that is closed off for gas exchange with the atmosphere and export production of particulate organic carbon and CaCO3 south of 32.5 °S was analyzed.
Dissertation

Influence des conditions écologiques sur la composition isotopique (δ13C, δ18O) du test de foraminifères benthiques actuels

TL;DR: In this paper, le role majeur du flux and de la qualite de the matiere organique sur la densite, the repartition bathymetrique and le microhabitat des especes de foraminiferes is investigated.
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The distribution of 13C of ΣCO2 in the world oceans

TL;DR: In this article, the results from 2252 samples from 107 hydrographic stations are presented as north-south vertical (depth) sections with δ13C contoured at intervals of 0.5−0.0075·AOU.
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North Atlantic thermohaline circulation during the past 20,000 years linked to high-latitude surface temperature

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that during a surface cooling event 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, higher Cd/Ca and lower 13C/12C ratios are observed in benthic foraminifera shells from rapidly accumulating western North Atlantic sediments.
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Comparison of Atlantic and Pacific paleochemical records for the last 215,000 years : changes in deep ocean circulation and chemical inventories

TL;DR: In this article, detailed Cd/Ca and δ 13 C data have been obtained for benthic foraminifera from western North Atlantic and Equatorial Pacific sediment cores, which indicate that bottom waters overlying the Atlantic site have been nutrient depleted relative to those at the Pacific site over the last 215,000 years.
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