Intensification of the Northeast Pacific oxygen minimum zone during the Bölling-Alleröd warm period
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Abstract
Although climate records from several locations around the world show nearly synchronous and abrupt changes, the nature of the inferred teleconnection is still poorly understood. On the basis of preserved laminations and molybdenum enrichments in open margin sediments we demonstrate that the oxygen content of northeast Pacific waters at 800 m depth during the Bölling-Alleröd warm period (15–13 kyr) was greatly reduced. Existing oxygen isotopic records of benthic and planktonic foraminifera suggest that this was probably due to suppressed ventilation at higher latitudes of the North Pacific. Comparison with ventilation records for the North Atlantic indicates an antiphased pattern of convection relative to the North Pacific over the past 22 kyr, perhaps due to variations in water vapor transport across Central America.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Intensification of the Northeast Pacific oxygen minimum zone during the Bölling-Alleröd warm period |
| Series title | Paleoceanography |
| DOI | 10.1029/1999PA000473 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 528 |
| Last page | 536 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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