Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-333-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-333-2017
Research article
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10 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 10 Apr 2017

Holocene evolution of the North Atlantic subsurface transport

Janne Repschläger, Dieter Garbe-Schönberg, Mara Weinelt, and Ralph Schneider

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Mg/Ca ratio, oxygen isotopes and surface temperatures derived from G. ruber and G. truncatulinoides in core GEOFAR KF16 J. Repschläger https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868108

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We reconstruct changes in the warm water transport from the subtropical to the subpolar North Atlantic over the last 10 000 years. We use stable isotope and Mg / Ca ratios measured on surface and subsurface dwelling foraminifera. Results indicate an overall stable warm water transport at surface. The northward transport at subsurface evolves stepwise and stabilizes at 7 ka BP on the modern mode. These ocean transport changes seem to be controlled by the meltwater inflow into the North Atlantic.