Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Enhanced North Pacific deep-ocean stratification by stronger intermediate water formation during Heinrich Stadial 1

  • X. Gong,
  • L. Lembke-Jene,
  • G. Lohmann,
  • G. Knorr,
  • R. Tiedemann,
  • J. J. Zou,
  • X. F. Shi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08606-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The role of the Pacific Ocean during the last deglacial is less well known. Here the authors used a complex Earth System Model and found that enhanced intermediate-to-deep ocean stratification, and an isolated carbon pool in the deep North Pacific during the last deglaciation when considered alongside proxy records.