Stable carbon isotopes in paleoceanography: atmosphere, oceans, and sediments

A Mackensen, G Schmiedl - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon is one of the key elements in organisms and non-living compounds on Earth.
Carbon dioxide and methane are important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, dissolved …

Deep Pacific storage of respired carbon during the last ice age: Perspectives from bottom water oxygen reconstructions

AW Jacobel, RF Anderson, SL Jaccard… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reconstructions of past changes in dissolved oxygen concentrations in the abyssal ocean
are of interest to paleoceanographers because of their potential to help characterize and …

Antarctic icebergs reorganize ocean circulation during Pleistocene glacials

A Starr, IR Hall, S Barker, T Rackow, X Zhang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The dominant feature of large-scale mass transfer in the modern ocean is the Atlantic
meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The geometry and vigour of this circulation …

Sustained mid-Pliocene warmth led to deep water formation in the North Pacific

HL Ford, NJ Burls, P Jacobs, A Jahn… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Geologic intervals of sustained warmth such as the mid-Pliocene Warm Period can inform
our understanding of future climate change, including the long-term consequences of …

Isotopic evidence against North Pacific Deep Water formation during late Pliocene warmth

JB Novak, RP Caballero-Gill, RM Rose, TD Herbert… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Several modelling and observational studies suggest deep water formation in the subpolar
North Pacific as a possible alternative mode of thermohaline circulation that occurred in the …

Weak overturning circulation and high Southern Ocean nutrient utilization maximized glacial ocean carbon

J Muglia, LC Skinner, A Schmittner - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Circulation changes have been suggested to play an important role in the sequestration of
atmospheric CO 2 in the glacial ocean. However, previous studies have resulted in …

Southern Ocean glacial conditions and their influence on deglacial events

EL Sikes, NE Umling, KA Allen… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean is an important regulator of global CO2 levels and likely had a
key role in lowering atmospheric CO2 levels during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and …

Northern-sourced water dominated the Atlantic Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum

F Pöppelmeier, P Blaser, M Gutjahr… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Increased carbon sequestration in the ocean subsurface is commonly assumed to have
been one of the main causes responsible for lower glacial atmospheric CO2 concentrations …

Carbon isotope constraints on glacial Atlantic meridional overturning: Strength vs depth

J Muglia, A Schmittner - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite its importance for climate and the carbon cycle, the deep ocean circulation during
the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) remains poorly understood. Whereas most studies suggest …

Data constraints on glacial Atlantic water mass geometry and properties

DW Oppo, G Gebbie, KF Huang… - Paleoceanography …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The chemical composition of benthic foraminifera from marine sediment cores provides
information on how glacial subsurface water properties differed from modern, but separating …