The evolution of deep-ocean flow speeds and δ13C under large changes in the Atlantic overturning circulation: Toward a more direct model-data comparison

Paleoceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 95-117

  Bakker, Pepijn ^a,b   Govin, Aline ^c,d   Thornalley, David J R ^e   Roche, Didier M ^a,f   Renssen, Hans ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d DIF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; paleoclimate modeling

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; FLOW VELOCITY; LAST INTERGLACIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OVERTURN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84924756016     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015PA002776     Document Type: Article

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