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Edouard Bard1, Rosalind E M Rickaby
1CEREGE (UMR 6635), Collège de France, University Paul-Cézanne Aix-Marseille, CNRS, IRD, Europole de l'Arbois BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4, France.
Nature
|July 17, 2009
概括
冰川时期的严重程度波动,与冰芯数据相反. 亚热带前线的向北转移控制了阿古拉斯流,调节了热传输和冰川强度.
科学领域:
- 古气候学 古气候学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 气候科学 气候科学
背景情况:
- 冰芯表明,在过去的80万年里,冰川条件和大气二氧化碳水平一直保持不变.
- 相互矛盾的证据表明冰川的严重程度波动,特别是在海洋同位素阶段10和12期间.
- 这表明未知的机制调解了阳光照射,二氧化碳和气候之间的关系.
研究的目的:
- 研究亚热带前线 (STF) 迁移在调节阿古拉斯流的热和盐运输中的作用.
- 测试STF转移是否作为印度太平洋到大西洋热量传递的门卫.
- 解决冰川幅度变化的难题,尽管大气中的二氧化碳水平保持一致.
主要方法:
- 来自沉积物核心MD962077.7.的80万年海洋表面温度和海洋生产力记录的分析.
- 海洋学数据与海洋同位素阶段的相关性,特别是10和12阶段.
- 结合发现与南大西洋动物组合.
主要成果:
- 在寒冷阶段 (MIS 10和12),海洋生产率达到峰值,海面温度明显降低.
- 有证据表明,在这些阶段,STF向北迁移了高达7度的度,几乎停止了阿古拉斯电流.
- 这种向北的STF迁移改变了热量和盐的运输到大西洋南部翻转循环.
结论:
- 南半球的STF向北迁移通过影响阿古拉斯电流来调节冰川时期的严重性.
- STF迁移可以将全球气候与大气中的二氧化碳水平脱.
- 这种机制有助于解释稳定的大气二氧化碳范围内的不同冰川幅度.
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