Stable carbon isotopes in paleoceanography: atmosphere, oceans, and sediments

A Mackensen, G Schmiedl - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon is one of the key elements in organisms and non-living compounds on Earth.
Carbon dioxide and methane are important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, dissolved …

Radiocarbon as a dating tool and tracer in paleoceanography

LC Skinner, E Bard - Reviews of Geophysics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Radiocarbon is an extremely useful carbon cycle tracer and radiometric dating tool. Here,
we review the main principles and challenges involved in the use of radiocarbon in …

Reducing uncertainties in carbonate clumped isotope analysis through consistent carbonate‐based standardization

SM Bernasconi, IA Müller, KD Bergmann… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
About a decade after its introduction, the field of carbonate clumped isotope thermometry is
rapidly expanding because of the large number of possible applications and its potential to …

Radiocarbon constraints on the glacial ocean circulation and its impact on atmospheric CO2

LC Skinner, F Primeau, E Freeman… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
While the ocean's large-scale overturning circulation is thought to have been significantly
different under the climatic conditions of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), the exact nature …

Deglacial floods in the Beaufort Sea preceded Younger Dryas cooling

LD Keigwin, S Klotsko, N Zhao, B Reilly, L Giosan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
A period of cooling about 13,000 years ago interrupted about 2,000 years of deglacial
warming. Known as the Younger Dryas (YD), the event is thought to have resulted from a …

Evolution of the Global Overturning Circulation since the Last Glacial Maximum based on marine authigenic neodymium isotopes

J Du, BA Haley, AC Mix - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Global Overturning Circulation is linked to climate change on glacial-
interglacial and multi-millennial timescales. The understanding of past climate-circulation …

Controls on the stable isotope compositions of travertine from hyperalkaline springs in Oman: Insights from clumped isotope measurements

ES Falk, W Guo, AN Paukert, JM Matter… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Carbonate formation at hyperalkaline springs is typical of serpentinization in peridotite
massifs worldwide. These travertines have long been known to exhibit large variations in …

Warm deep-sea temperatures across Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 from clumped isotope thermometry

T Agterhuis, M Ziegler, NJ de Winter… - Communications Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The early Eocene hothouse experienced highly elevated atmospheric CO2 levels and
multiple transient global warming events, so-called hyperthermals. The deep ocean …

Deep-water circulation changes lead North Atlantic climate during deglaciation

F Muschitiello, WJ D'Andrea, A Schmittner… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Constraining the response time of the climate system to changes in North Atlantic Deep
Water (NADW) formation is fundamental to improving climate and Atlantic Meridional …

The North Atlantic Glacial Eastern Boundary Current as a key driver for ice‐sheet—AMOC interactions and climate instability

S Toucanne, G Soulet… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The upper branch of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) plays a critical
role in ocean circulation and climate change, yet its variability during the last glacial period …