Lippold, Jörg; Luo, Yiming; Francois, Roger; Allen, Susan E; Gherardi, Jeanne-Marie; Pichat, Sylvain; Hickey, Ben M; Schulz, Hartmut (2012): Atlantic 231Pa/230Th and biogenic opal compilation of the Holocene and the LGM [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788550, Supplement to: Lippold, J et al. (2012): Strength and geometry of the glacial Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Nature Geoscience, 5, 813-816, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1608
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Abstract:
The strength and geometry of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is tightly coupled to climate on glacial-interglacial and millennial timescales, but has proved difficult to reconstruct, particularly for the Last Glacial Maximum. Today, the return flow from the northern North Atlantic to lower latitudes associated with the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation reaches down to approximately 4,000 m. In contrast, during the Last Glacial Maximum this return flow is thought to have occurred primarily at shallower depths. Measurements of sedimentary 231Pa/230Th have been used to reconstruct the strength of circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean, but the effects of biogenic silica on 231Pa/230Th-based estimates remain controversial. Here we use measurements of 231Pa/230Th ratios and biogenic silica in Holocene-aged Atlantic sediments and simulations with a two-dimensional scavenging model to demonstrate that the geometry and strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation are the primary controls of 231Pa/230Th ratios in modern Atlantic sediments. For the glacial maximum, a simulation of Atlantic overturning with a shallow, but vigorous circulation and bulk water transport at around 2,000 m depth best matched observed glacial Atlantic 231Pa/230Th values. We estimate that the transport of intermediate water during the Last Glacial Maximum was at least as strong as deep water transport today.
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Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 10.149037 * Median Longitude: -31.158027 * South-bound Latitude: -53.300000 * West-bound Longitude: -76.330020 * North-bound Latitude: 60.582167 * East-bound Longitude: 25.500000
Date/Time Start: 1966-05-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2005-06-15T13:51:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.0000 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 8.7050 m
Event(s):
Comment:
231Pa/230Th and biogenic opal compilation of new and published data from the Holocene (in the range of 0 - 7 ka) and the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in the range of 19 - 24 ka. References for age models and published data are indicated in the last columns according to the list of references. Only 231Pa/230Th measurements by ICP-MS (or AMS) have been considered.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Geocode | ||
| 5 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Geocode | ||
| 6 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Lippold, Jörg | ||
| 7 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Lippold, Jörg | ||
| 8 | Sample code/label | Sample label | Lippold, Jörg | DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation | ||
| 9 | Protactinium-231/Thorium-230 ratio | 231Pa/230Th | Lippold, Jörg | |||
| 10 | Protactinium-231/Thorium-230, error, relative | 231Pa/230Th e rel | % | Lippold, Jörg | ||
| 11 | Opal, biogenic silica | bSiO2 | % | Lippold, Jörg | wt. % | |
| 12 | Opal, biogenic silica, error, relative | bSiO2 e | % | Lippold, Jörg | wt. % | |
| 13 | Accumulation rate, opal | Acc rate opal | g/cm2/ka | Lippold, Jörg | ||
| 14 | Accumulation rate, opal, error, relative | Acc rate opal e rel | % | Lippold, Jörg | ||
| 15 | Reference/source | Reference | Lippold, Jörg | Pa/Th values | ||
| 16 | Reference/source | Reference | Lippold, Jörg | age model |
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