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Carbon dioxide release from the North Pacific abyss during the last deglaciation

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  • Eric D. Galbraith

    (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
    Present address: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.)

  • Samuel L. Jaccard

    (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
    Geological Institute, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8092, Switzerland)

  • Thomas F. Pedersen

    (School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada)

  • Daniel M. Sigman

    (Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA)

  • Gerald H. Haug

    (Geological Institute, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8092, Switzerland)

  • Mea Cook

    (University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA)

  • John R. Southon

    (University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA)

  • Roger Francois

    (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada)

Abstract

Out of the abyss Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have varied significantly over the past two million years — they were relatively low during cold 'glacial' periods but high during the warm interglacial periods. The processes responsible for these variations remain obscure: it is thought that carbon may have been stored in the deep ocean during glacials, when deep water circulation was sluggish, and released during the transition into interglacial periods, as ventilation of the deep ocean increased, but direct evidence from this period is scarce. Galbraith et al. now use geochemical records from ocean sediment cores to shed light on the matter. They show that a poorly ventilated water mass that was rich in respired carbon dioxide occupied the North Pacific abyss during the Last Glacial Maximum, and that ventilation of the abyss increased during deglaciation, releasing the stored carbon dioxide.

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  • Eric D. Galbraith & Samuel L. Jaccard & Thomas F. Pedersen & Daniel M. Sigman & Gerald H. Haug & Mea Cook & John R. Southon & Roger Francois, 2007. "Carbon dioxide release from the North Pacific abyss during the last deglaciation," Nature, Nature, vol. 449(7164), pages 890-893, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:449:y:2007:i:7164:d:10.1038_nature06227
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06227
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