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Caley, T.; Kim, J-h; Malaize, B.; Giraudeau, J.; Laepple, T.; Caillon, N.; Charlier, K.; Rebaubier, H.; Rossignol, L.; Castaneda, I. S.; Schouten, S.; Damste, J. S. Sinninghe. |
The Agulhas Current transport of heat and salt from the Indian Ocean into the South Atlantic around South Africa (Agulhas leakage), can affect the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and, thus, influence global climate. However, efforts to elucidate forcing mechanisms connecting the Agulhas leakage with the upstream dynamics of the current have been hampered by a lack of climate records extracted from the area where the Agulhas current originates. We determine 800-kyr sea surface temperature (SST) and salinity (SSS) records from the "precursor" region of the Agulhas current and show that these records contain strong 100-kyr and 41-kyr cycles. This latter obliquity-driven cycle is nearly in phase with changes in the annual mean insolation and... |
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Ano: 2011 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00228/33904/32363.pdf |
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