Sea-surface temperature records of Termination 1 in the Gulf of California: Challenges for seasonal and interannual analogues of tropical Pacific climate change
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| Date | 2012-04 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | McClymont Erin L.1, 2, Ganeshram Raja S.3, Pichevin Laetitia3, Talbot Helen M.4, Van Dongen Bart E.5, 6, Thunell Robert C.7, Haywood Alan M.8, Singarayer Joy S.9, Valdes Paul J.9 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Newcastle Univ, Sch Geog Polit & Sociol, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England. 2 : Univ Durham, Dept Geog, Durham DH1 3LE, England. 3 : Univ Edinburgh, Grant Inst, Sch Geosci, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, Midlothian, Scotland. 4 : Newcastle Univ, Sch Civil Engn & Geosci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England. 5 : Univ Manchester, Sch Earth Atmospher & Environm Sci, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England. 6 : Univ Manchester, Res Ctr Mol Environm Sci, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England. 7 : Univ S Carolina, Dept Earth & Ocean Sci, Columbia, SC 29208 USA. 8 : Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England. 9 : Univ Bristol, Sch Geog Sci, Bristol BS8 1SS, Avon, England. |
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| Source | Paleoceanography (0883-8305) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2012-04 , Vol. 27 , N. PA2202 , P. 1-15 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1029/2011PA002226 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 77 | ||||||||
| Note | Auxiliary material for this article contains illustrations of the chemical structures of the target compounds analyzed in the manuscript (alkenones and GDGTs; Figure S1), alongside the original HadCM3 climate model simulation outputs for surface wind stress (Figure S2) and mean sea-level pressure (Figure S3), which may offer potential explanations for the patterns of wind strength/direction and precipitation which were shown in Figures 5 and 6 of the manuscript. | ||||||||
| Abstract | Centennial-scale records of sea-surface temperature and opal composition spanning the Last Glacial Maximum and Termination 1 (circa 25-6 ka) are presented here from Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California. Through the application of two organic geochemistry proxies, the U-37(K') index and the TEX86H index, we present evidence for rapid, stepped changes in temperatures during deglaciation. These occur in both temperature proxies at 13 ka (similar to 3 degrees C increase in 270 years), 10.0 ka (similar to 2 degrees C decrease over similar to 250 years) and at 8.2 ka (3 degrees C increase in <200 years). An additional rapid warming step is also observed in TEX86H at 11.5 ka. In comparing the two temperature proxies and opal content, we consider the potential for upwelling intensity to be recorded and link this millennial-scale variability to shifting Intertropical Convergence Zone position and variations in the strength of the Subtropical High. The onset of the deglacial warming from 17 to 18 ka is comparable to a "southern hemisphere" signal, although the opal record mimics the ice-rafting events of the north Atlantic (Heinrich events). Neither the modern seasonal cycle nor El Nino/Southern Oscillation patterns provide valid analogues for the trends we observe in comparison with other regional records. Fully coupled climate model simulations confirm this result, and in combination we question whether the seasonal or interannual climate variations of the modern climate are valid analogues for the glacial and deglacial tropical Pacific. | ||||||||
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