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| Felis, Thomas; Mcgregor, Helen V.; Linsley, Braddock K.; Tudhope, Alexander W.; Gagan, Michael K.; Suzuki, Atsushi; Inoue, Mayuri; Thomas, Alexander L.; Esat, Tezer M.; Thompson, William G.; Tiwari, Manish; Potts, Donald C.; Mudelsee, Manfred; Yokoyama, Yusuke; Webster, Jody M.. |
| Tropical south-western Pacific temperatures are of vital importance to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), but the role of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the growth of the GBR since the Last Glacial Maximum remains largely unknown. Here we present records of Sr/Ca and delta O-18 for Last Glacial Maximum and deglacial corals that show a considerably steeper meridional SST gradient than the present day in the central GBR. We find a 1-2 degrees C larger temperature decrease between 17 degrees and 20 degrees S about 20,000 to 13,000 years ago. The result is best explained by the northward expansion of cooler subtropical waters due to a weakening of the South Pacific gyre and East Australian Current. Our findings indicate that the GBR experienced substantial... |
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| Ano: 2014 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00290/40136/39239.pdf |
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| Reeves, Jessica M.; Bostock, Helen C.; Ayliffe, Linda K.; Barrows, Timothy T.; De Deckker, Patrick; Devriendt, Laurent S.; Dunbar, Gavin B.; Drysdale, Russell N.; Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E.; Gagan, Michael K.; Griffiths, Michael L.; Haberle, Simon G.; Jansen, John D.; Krause, Claire; Lewis, Stephen; Mcgregor, Helen V.; Mooney, Scott D.; Moss, Patrick; Nanson, Gerald C.; Purcell, Anthony; Van Der Kaars, Sander. |
| The tropics are the major source of heat and moisture for the Australasian region. Determining the tropics' response over time to changes in climate forcing mechanisms, such as summer insolation, and the effects of relative sea level on exposed continental shelves during the Last Glacial period, is an ongoing process of re-evaluation. We present a synthesis of climate proxy data from tropical Australasia spanning the last 30,000 years that incorporates deep sea core, coral, speleothem, pollen, charcoal and terrestrial sedimentary records. Today, seasonal variability is governed largely by the annual migration of the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ), influencing this region most strongly during the austral summer. However, the position of the ITCZ has... |
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Palavras-chave: ITCZ; LGM; INTIMATE; Australasia; Indo-Pacific Warm Pool; Tropics; Australian monsoon. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00264/37502/36909.pdf |
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