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Contribution of Southern Ocean surface-water stratification to low atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the last glacial period

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  • Roger François

    (Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry)

  • Mark A. Altabet

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Ein-Fen Yu

    (University of Massachusetts)

  • Daniel M. Sigman

    (National Taiwan Normal University)

  • Michael P. Bacon

    (Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry)

  • Martin Frank

    (University of Oxford)

  • Gerhard Bohrmann

    (GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences)

  • Gilles Bareille

    (Université de Bordeaux I)

  • Laurent D. Labeyrie

    (Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, Laboratoire mixte CNRS-CEA)

Abstract

The nitrogen-isotope record preserved in Southern Ocean sediments, along with several geochemical tracers for the settling fluxes of biogenic matter, reveals patterns of past nutrient supply to phytoplankton and surface-water stratification in this oceanic region. Areal averaging of these spatial patterns indicates that reduction of the CO2 ‘leak’ from ocean to atmosphere by increased surface-water stratification south of the Polar Front made a greater contribution to the lowering of atmospheric CO2 concentration during the Last Glacial Maximum than did the increased export of organic carbon from surface to deep waters occurring further north.

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  • Roger François & Mark A. Altabet & Ein-Fen Yu & Daniel M. Sigman & Michael P. Bacon & Martin Frank & Gerhard Bohrmann & Gilles Bareille & Laurent D. Labeyrie, 1997. "Contribution of Southern Ocean surface-water stratification to low atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the last glacial period," Nature, Nature, vol. 389(6654), pages 929-935, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:389:y:1997:i:6654:d:10.1038_40073
    DOI: 10.1038/40073
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