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TI Subpolar Mode Water formation traced by neodymium isotopic composition
BT 
AF LACAN, F
   JEANDEL, C
AS 1:1;2:1;
FF 1:;2:;
C1 Observ Midi Pyrenees, LEGOS, F-31400 Toulouse, France.
C2 LEGOS, FRANCE
IF 2.378
TC 60
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00228/33928/32309.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR IMAGES V LEG 1-MD114
   IMAGES V LEG 4-MD114
BO Marion Dufresne
AB The formation of Subpolar Mode Water (SPMW) is documented by combining neodymium isotopic composition (Nd IC) as a conservative tracer with salinity, temperature and O-2 concentration. Nd IC reveals a more pronounced eastward extension of the Labrador Current, particularly its Subarctic Intermediate Water component, than the other parameters. Nd IC also suggests that waters flowing through the Denmark Strait do not significantly contribute to the SPMW formation. A two end-member mixing, involving Subarctic Intermediate Water ( and maybe ultimately Labrador Current Water) and North Atlantic Central Water, is proposed to explain SPMW formation. These results provide important insight into the processes controlling the Nd IC in the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre, which could provide a means for reconstructing the northward extension of the Gulf Stream in the past.
PY 2004
PD JUN
SO Geophysical Research Letters
SN 0094-8276
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 31
IS L14306
UT 000222915500001
BP 1
EP 5
DI 10.1029/2004GL019747
ID 33928
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