Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur; Mulitza, Stefan; Paul, André; Pätzold, Jürgen; Groeneveld, Jeroen; Wefer, Gerold (2005): Study on the last deglaciation section of sediment core GeoB6211-2 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.779878, Supplement to: Chiessi, CM et al. (2008): South Atlantic interocean exchange as the trigger for the Bølling warm event. Geology, 36(12), 919-922, https://doi.org/10.1130/G24979A.1
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The North Atlantic Ocean underwent an abrupt temperature increase of 9 °C at high latitudes within a couple of decades during the transition from Heinrich event 1 (H1) to the Bølling warm event, but the mechanism responsible for this warming remains uncertain. Here we address this issue, presenting high-resolution last deglaciation planktic and benthic foraminiferal records of temperature and oxygen isotopic composition of seawater (d18OSW) for the subtropical South Atlantic. We identify a warming of ~6.5 °C and an increase in d18Osw of 1.2 per mil at the permanent thermocline during the transition, and a simultaneous warming of ~3.5 °C with no significant change in d18Osw at intermediate depths. Most of the warming can be explained by tilting the South Atlantic east-west isopycnals from a flattened toward a steepened position associated with a collapsed (H1) and strong (Bølling) Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). However, this zonal seesaw explains an increase of just 0.3 per mil in permanent thermocline d18Osw. Considering that d18Osw at the South Atlantic permanent thermocline is strongly influenced by the inflow of salty Indian Ocean upper waters, we suggest that a strengthening in the Agulhas leakage took place at the transition from H1 to the Bølling, and was responsible for the change in d18Osw recorded in our site. Our records high-light the important role played by Indian-Atlantic interocean exchange as the trigger for the resumption of the AMOC and the Bølling warm event. of the AMOC and the Bølling warm event.
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Latitude: -32.505200 * Longitude: -50.242700
Date/Time Start: 1999-12-12T17:21:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-12-12T17:21:00
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GeoB6211-2 * Latitude Start: -32.505200 * Longitude Start: -50.242700 * Latitude End: -32.505200 * Longitude End: -50.242700 * Date/Time: 1999-12-12T17:21:00 * Elevation Start: -657.0 m * Elevation End: -657.0 m * Recovery: 7.74 m * Location: Argentine Basin * Campaign: M46/2 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Gravity corer (Kiel type) (SL)
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- Chiessi, CM; Mulitza, S; Paul, A et al. (2008): Age control points of sediment core GeoB6211-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.711149
- Chiessi, CM; Mulitza, S; Paul, A et al. (2009): Results of δ¹⁸O and Mg/Ca analyses (Uvigerina bifurcata and Globorotalia inflata), and calculated Mg/Ca-T and local d18Oivc-sw of sediment core GeoB6211-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.711148