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| Balch, William M.; Bates, Nicholas R.; Lam, Phoebe J.; Twining, Benjamin S.; Rosengard, Sarah Z.; Bowler, Bruce C.; Drapeau, Dave T.; Garley, Rebecca; Lubelczyk, Laura C.; Mitchell, Catherine; Rauschenberg, Sara. |
| The Great Calcite Belt (GCB) is a region of elevated surface reflectance in the Southern Ocean (SO) covering similar to 16% of the global ocean and is thought to result from elevated, seasonal concentrations of coccolithophores. Here we describe field observations and experiments from two cruises that crossed the GCB in the Atlantic and Indian sectors of the SO. We confirm the presence of coccolithophores, their coccoliths, and associated optical scattering, located primarily in the region of the subtropical, Agulhas, and Subantarctic frontal regions. Coccolithophore-rich regions were typically associated with high-velocity frontal regions with higher seawater partial pressures of CO2 (pCO(2)) than the atmosphere, sufficient to reverse the direction of gas... |
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Palavras-chave: Coccolithophores; Trace metals; Carbonate chemistry; Southern Ocean; Subantarctic Front; Subtropical Front. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00383/49412/49883.pdf |
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| De Deckker, P.; Moros, M.; Perner, K.; Blanz, T.; Wacker, L.; Schneider, R.; Barrows, T.t.; O’loingsigh, T.; Jansen, E.. |
| The Quaternary is well known for being a period of the geological record that saw significant and alternating climatic fluctuations. Here, we concentrate on the last 94 millennia that saw Australia and its surrounding seas undergo significant environmental changes. Importantly also it is during that this period of time includes the arrival and settlement of humans in Australia. Following on from Marine Isotopic Stage 4 (MIS4) that saw, over the period of 71-59 ka BP, a significant eustatic sea level drop (similar to 100 m), low sea-surface temperatures as well as glacial conditions on land, Australia experienced wet conditions again, but eventually progressively entered into a glacial phase. By then, humans had arrived on this large continent and later the... |
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Palavras-chave: Oceanic fronts; Leeuwin Current; Foraminifer faunal analysis; Marine isotopic stages; Last Glacial Maximum; Palaeoceanography; Sea-surface temperature; Moraines; Modern analogue technique; Subantarctic Front; G. ruber. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00657/76931/78127.pdf |
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| Herraiz-borreguero, Laura; Rintoul, Stephen R.. |
| Subantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) is formed by deep mixing on the equatorward side of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The subduction and export of SAMW from the Southern Ocean play an important role in global heat, freshwater, carbon, and nutrient budgets. However, the formation process and variability of SAMW remain poorly understood, largely because of a lack of observations. To determine the temporal variability of SAMW in the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean, we used a 15 year time series of repeat expendable bathythermograph sections from 1993 to 2007, seven repeat conductivity-temperature-depth sections from 1991 to 2001, and sea surface height maps. The mean temperature of the SAMW lies between 8.5 degrees C and 9.5 degrees C (mean of 8.8... |
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Palavras-chave: Subantarctic Mode Water; Subantarctic Front; Mesoscale features; Water mass variability; Southern Ocean. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00253/36385/34926.pdf |
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