Rühlemann, Carsten; Mulitza, Stefan; Lohmann, Gerrit; Paul, André; Prange, Matthias; Wefer, Gerold (2004): Stable oxygen isotope record of benthic foraminifera from the tropical Atlantic [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.737914, Supplement to: Rühlemann, C et al. (2004): Intermediate depth warming in the tropical Atlantic related to weakened thermohaline circulation: Combining paleoclimate and modeling data for the last deglaciation. Paleoceanography, 19(1), PA1025, https://doi.org/10.1029/2003PA000948
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Abstract:
Benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotope ratios from two sediment cores recovered at 426 and 1299 m water depth in the eastern and western tropical Atlantic show that a slowdown of the thermohaline circulation (THC) during Heinrich event H1 and the Younger Dryas was accompanied by rapid and intense warming of intermediate depth waters. Millennial-scale covariations of low paleosalinities in the subpolar North Atlantic with decreased benthic oxygen isotope ratios in the eastern tropical Atlantic throughout the past 10,000 years suggest that THC weakening might be related to middepth warming during the Holocene period as well. Climate model experiments simulating a strong reduction of the THC in the Atlantic Ocean under present-day and glacial conditions reveal that the increase of temperature in the middepth tropical and South Atlantic is a common feature for both climatic states, caused by a reduced ventilation of cold intermediate and deep waters in conjunction with downward mixing of heat from the thermocline. From the similarity of the paleoclimatic records with the model simulations, we infer that the characteristic pattern of temperature change in the Atlantic Ocean related to weakened thermohaline circulation can serve as an indicator of present-day and future THC slowdown.
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Median Latitude: -3.917180 * Median Longitude: -11.480944 * South-bound Latitude: -11.920770 * West-bound Longitude: -61.243333 * North-bound Latitude: 12.090000 * East-bound Longitude: 13.400250
Date/Time Start: 1996-04-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-09-04T06:05:00
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175-1078C * Latitude: -11.920770 * Longitude: 13.400250 * Date/Time Start: 1997-09-03T18:10:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-09-04T06:05:00 * Elevation: -426.0 m * Penetration: 165.2 m * Recovery: 149.58 m * Location: Benguela Current, South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg175 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 18 cores; 165.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 90.5 % recovery
M35003-4 * Latitude: 12.090000 * Longitude: -61.243333 * Date/Time: 1996-04-19T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1299.0 m * Recovery: 9.63 m * Campaign: M35/1 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Gravity corer (Kiel type) (SL)
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For age determination of ODP Hole 175-1078C see Kim et al. (2003) dataset: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.143653
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- Rühlemann, C; Mulitza, S; Lohmann, G et al. (2004): Delta 18O of Bolivina dilatata of ODP Hole 175-1078C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.143649
- Rühlemann, C; Mulitza, S; Lohmann, G et al. (2004): Residuals of delta 18O of Bolivina dilatata of ODP Hole 175-1078C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.143650
- Rühlemann, C; Mulitza, S; Lohmann, G et al. (2004): Residuals of delta 18O of Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi of sediment core M35003-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.143655