Modeling a 200-Yr interruption of the Holocene sapropel S1
Modeling a 200-Yr interruption of the Holocene sapropel S1
An oceanic general circulation model, previously used to simulate the conditions associated with the Holocene Sapropel S1, is used to simulate the effects of a climate deterioration (represented as a cooling event) on the sapropelic circulation mode. The enhanced cooling (2°–3°C) induces deep convection in the Adriatic and the Gulf of Lions and intermediate water formation in the Aegean, where in all cases there had previously been only stagnant unventilated waters. The depths of ventilation (to ~1250 m) are in agreement with core data from this period. The short decadal timescales involved in modifying the sapropelic circulation suggest that such a climatic deterioration may be associated with the interruption of S1 between 7100 and 6900 14C yr B.P., which divided the sapropel into two subunits.
HOLOCENE, SAPROPELS, OCEAN MODELS, PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY, PALAEOCLIMATE, OCEAN CIRCULATION
98-104
Myers, P.G.
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Rohling, E.J.
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2000
Myers, P.G.
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Rohling, E.J.
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Myers, P.G. and Rohling, E.J.
(2000)
Modeling a 200-Yr interruption of the Holocene sapropel S1.
Quaternary Research, 53 (1), .
(doi:10.1006/qres.1999.2100).
Abstract
An oceanic general circulation model, previously used to simulate the conditions associated with the Holocene Sapropel S1, is used to simulate the effects of a climate deterioration (represented as a cooling event) on the sapropelic circulation mode. The enhanced cooling (2°–3°C) induces deep convection in the Adriatic and the Gulf of Lions and intermediate water formation in the Aegean, where in all cases there had previously been only stagnant unventilated waters. The depths of ventilation (to ~1250 m) are in agreement with core data from this period. The short decadal timescales involved in modifying the sapropelic circulation suggest that such a climatic deterioration may be associated with the interruption of S1 between 7100 and 6900 14C yr B.P., which divided the sapropel into two subunits.
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Published date: 2000
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HOLOCENE, SAPROPELS, OCEAN MODELS, PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY, PALAEOCLIMATE, OCEAN CIRCULATION
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/8867
ISSN: 0033-5894
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