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| De Vernal, A; Hillaire-marcel, C; Peltier, Wr; Weaver, Aj. |
| During the Last Glacial Maximum, the northwestern North Atlantic constituted a major conduit for Labrador and Greenland ice sheet meltwaters. Vertical density gradients in its upper water masses have been reconstructed by combining information from transfer functions based on dinocysts and from oxygen isotope measurements (delta(18)O) in planktonic foraminifera. Transfer functions yield temperature and salinity and thus potential density (sigma(theta)) for the warmest (August) and coldest (February) months in the photic zone. The delta(18)O values in different size fractions of epipelagic (Globigerina bulloides) and mesopelagic (Neogloboquadrina pachyderma left-coiled (Np1)) foraminifera allow us to assess sigma(theta) gradients through the pycnocline... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Last Glacial Maximum; LGM; North Atlantic; Salinity; Density; Pycnocline. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00223/33405/31861.pdf |
