FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The timing of deglacial circulation changes in the Atlantic BT AF WAELBROECK, C. SKINNER, L. C. LABEYRIE, L. DUPLESSY, J. -C. MICHEL, E. VAZQUEZ RIVEIROS, Natalia GHERARDI, J. M. DEWILDE, F. AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:1;5:1;6:1;7:1,3;8:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:; C1 UVSQ, LSCE IPSL, Lab CNRS, CEA,Domaine CNRS, F-91198 Gif Sur Yvette, France. Univ Cambridge, Godwin Lab Paleoclimate Res, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England. Bjerknes Ctr Climate Res, N-5007 Bergen, Norway. C2 UNIV VERSAILLES, FRANCE UNIV CAMBRIDGE, UK BCCR, NORWAY IF 3.357 TC 79 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00214/32517/31003.pdf LA English DT Article CR IMAGES 1-MD101 IMAGES V LEG 1-MD114 IMAGES V LEG 4-MD114 MD 158 / LOG IPEV 2007 VT 90 / SOUC BO Marion Dufresne DE ;Atlantic Ocean;benthic oxygen isotope;last deglaciation;ocean circulation AB Well-dated benthic foraminifer oxygen isotopic records (delta O-18) from different water depths and locations within the Atlantic Ocean exhibit distinct patterns and significant differences in timing over the last deglaciation. This has two implications: on the one hand, it confirms that benthic delta O-18 cannot be used as a global correlation tool with millennial-scale precision, but on the other hand, the combination of benthic isotopic records with independent dating provides a wealth of information on past circulation changes. Comparing new South Atlantic benthic isotopic data with published benthic isotopic records, we show that (1) circulation changes first affected benthic delta O-18 in the 1000-2200 m range, with marked decreases in benthic delta O-18 taking place at similar to 17.5 cal. kyr B.P. (ka) due to the southward propagation of brine waters generated in the Nordic Seas during Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1) cold period; (2) the arrival of delta O-18-depleted deglacial meltwater took place later at deeper North Atlantic sites; (3) hydrographic changes recorded in North Atlantic cores below 3000 m during HS1 do not correspond to simple alternations between northern-and southern-sourced water but likely reflect instead the incursion of brine-generated deep water of northern as well as southern origin; and (4) South Atlantic waters at similar to 44 degrees S and similar to 3800 m depth remained isolated from better-ventilated northern-sourced water masses until after the resumption of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation at the onset of the Bolling-Allerod, which led to the propagation of NADW into the South Atlantic. PY 2011 PD AUG SO Paleoceanography SN 0883-8305 PU Amer Geophysical Union VL 26 IS PA3213 UT 000294129100001 BP 1 EP 10 DI 10.1029/2010PA002007 ID 32517 ER EF