DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-251-2014
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84893632503
论文题名: Salinity changes in the Agulhas leakage area recorded by stable hydrogen isotopes of C37 alkenones during Termination i and II
作者: Kasper S. ; Van Der Meer M.T.J. ; Mets A. ; Zahn R. ; Sinninghe Damsté J.S. ; Schouten S.
刊名: Climate of the Past
ISSN: 18149324
出版年: 2014
卷: 10, 期: 1 起始页码: 251
结束页码: 260
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: alkenone
; calcium
; carbon isotope
; hydrogen isotope
; magnesium
; paleoceanography
; paleoclimate
; planktonic foraminifera
; reconstruction
; sea surface salinity
; sea surface temperature
; stable isotope
; warming
; Africa
; Agulhas Current
; Indian Ocean
英文摘要: At the southern tip of Africa, the Agulhas Current reflects back into the Indian Ocean causing so-called "Agulhas rings" to spin off and release relatively warm and saline water into the South Atlantic Ocean. Previous reconstructions of the dynamics of the Agulhas Current, based on paleo-sea surface temperature and sea surface salinity proxies, inferred that Agulhas leakage from the Indian Ocean to the South Atlantic was reduced during glacial stages as a consequence of shifted wind fields and a northwards migration of the subtropical front. Subsequently, this might have led to a buildup of warm saline water in the southern Indian Ocean. To investigate this latter hypothesis, we reconstructed sea surface salinity changes using alkenone δD, and paleo-sea surface temperature using TEXH 86 and UK' 37, from two sediment cores (MD02-2594, MD96-2080) located in the Agulhas leakage area during Termination I and II. Both U K' 37 and TEXH 86 temperature reconstructions indicate an abrupt warming during the glacial terminations, while a shift to more negative δDalkenone values of approximately 14‰ during glacial Termination I and II is also observed. Approximately half of the isotopic shift can be attributed to the change in global ice volume, while the residual isotopic shift is attributed to changes in salinity, suggesting relatively high salinities at the core sites during glacials, with subsequent freshening during glacial terminations. Approximate estimations suggest that δDalkenone represents a salinity change of ca. 1.7-1.9 during Termination I and Termination II. These estimations are in good agreement with the proposed changes in salinity derived from previously reported combined planktonic Foraminifera δ18O values and Mg/Ca-based temperature reconstructions. Our results confirm that the δD of alkenones is a potentially suitable tool to reconstruct salinity changes independent of planktonic Foraminifera δ18O. © Author(s) 2014. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/49315
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Kasper S.,Van Der Meer M.T.J.,Mets A.,et al. Salinity changes in the Agulhas leakage area recorded by stable hydrogen isotopes of C37 alkenones during Termination i and II[J]. Climate of the Past,2014-01-01,10(1)