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Lorraine E Lisiecki1, Maureen E Raymo, William B Curry
1Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. lisiecki@alumni.brown.edu
Nature
|November 7, 2008
Resumen
Los cambios en la circulación oceánica durante los períodos glaciales son complejos. Una nueva investigación muestra que el volcado del Atlántico es sensible a múltiples factores más allá del forzamiento de Milankovitch, lo que afecta a los modelos climáticos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La paleoceanografía es la paleoceanografía.
- Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima
- Oceanografía La oceanografía es la oceanografía.
Sus antecedentes:
- El proyecto SPECMAP planteó la hipótesis de que la insolación de verano en latitudes altas (forzamiento de Milankovitch) impulsa la circulación oceánica y las respuestas climáticas a través de ciclos orbitales.
- Los análisis anteriores de la respuesta de la circulación oceánica al forzamiento orbital se limitaron a unos pocos sitios del Atlántico y no capturaron completamente las variaciones de fase específicas del sitio.
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