Strong and deep Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last glacial cycle

E. Böhm, J. Lippold (), M. Gutjahr, M. Frank, P. Blaser, B. Antz, J. Fohlmeister, N. Frank, M. B. Andersen and M. Deininger
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E. Böhm: Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
J. Lippold: Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
M. Gutjahr: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany
M. Frank: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany
P. Blaser: Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
B. Antz: Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
J. Fohlmeister: Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
N. Frank: Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
M. B. Andersen: Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
M. Deininger: Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Nature, 2015, vol. 517, issue 7532, 73-76

Abstract: Reconstruction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation from a highly resolved marine sedimentary record shows that a deep, vigorous overturning circulation mode has persisted for most of the last glacial cycle, dominating ocean circulation in the Atlantic, but that a shallower glacial mode prevailed during glacial maxima.

Date: 2015
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