コメント "ハインリッヒ現象中の混合層の深化:マルチプランクトン型ホルマニフェラルデルタ18Oアプローチ"
Claude Hillaire-Marcel1, Anne de Vernal
1Geochemistry and Geodynamics Research Centre, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3P8, Canada. chm@uqam.ca
まとめ
ハインリッヒの事件は,海氷を積んだ層状の海を特徴づけたものであって,上層の水深を深めたものではなかった. これは,北大西洋の巨大な氷山流出に関する以前の解釈に異議を唱えている.
科学分野:
- パレオセアノグラフィーとは
- 海洋地質学 海洋地質学
- イソトープ地球化学 イソトープ地球化学
背景:
- 以前の研究では,ハインリッヒ現象が北大西洋の上層水質を深めたと示唆されていた.
- プランクトン型フォラミニフェラの酸素同位体の分析は,過去の海洋状態を推論するために使用されました.
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