Southern hemisphere influence on the stability of the global thermocline: the radiocarbon record of abrupt change in the ocean's interior

The stability of the ocean's global thermohaline circulation looms as one of the most prominent sources of uncertainty in any projection of future climate change: the deep sea sedimentary record of the Pleistocene demonstrates that the ocean had the capacity to undergo dramatic and abrupt chang...

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Published inOceans 2003. Celebrating the Past ... Teaming Toward the Future (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37492) Vol. 1; p. 409 Vol.1
Main Authors Charles, C.D., Munson, J., Slowey, N.C.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2003
Subjects
Antarctica
Chemistry
Constraint theory
Educational institutions
Oceans
Sea floor
Sediments
Thermal stability
Uncertainty
Ventilation
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Summary:The stability of the ocean's global thermohaline circulation looms as one of the most prominent sources of uncertainty in any projection of future climate change: the deep sea sedimentary record of the Pleistocene demonstrates that the ocean had the capacity to undergo dramatic and abrupt changes in state. The use of radiocarbon may allow the reconstruction of ocean ventilation processes over the periods of abrupt change in the late Pleistocene.
ISBN:9780933957305
0933957300
DOI:10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178604