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Persistent Solar Influence on North Atlantic Climate During the Holocene
Gerard C. Bond,Bernd Kromer,Juerg Beer,Raimund Muscheler,Michael N. Evans,William J. Showers,Sharon Hoffmann,Rusty Lotti-Bond,Irka Hajdas,Georges Bonani +9 more
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A solar forcing mechanism therefore may underlie at least the Holocene segment of the North Atlantic's “1500-year” cycle, potentially providing an additional mechanism for amplifying the solar signals and transmitting them globally.Abstract:
Surface winds and surface ocean hydrography in the subpolar North Atlantic appear to have been influenced by variations in solar output through the entire Holocene. The evidence comes from a close correlation between inferred changes in production rates of the cosmogenic nuclides carbon-14 and beryllium-10 and centennial to millennial time scale changes in proxies of drift ice measured in deep-sea sediment cores. A solar forcing mechanism therefore may underlie at least the Holocene segment of the North Atlantic's "1500-year" cycle. The surface hydrographic changes may have affected production of North Atlantic Deep Water, potentially providing an additional mechanism for amplifying the solar signals and transmitting them globally.read more
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