Salinity changes in the Agulhas leakage area recorded by stable hydrogen isotopes of C<sub>37</sub> alkenones during Termination I and II
At the southern tip of Africa, the Agulhas Current reflects back into the Indian Ocean causing so-called "Agulhas rings" to spin off and release relatively warm and saline water into the South Atlantic Ocean. Previous reconstructions of the dynamics of the Agulhas Current, based on paleo-s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-02-01
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Series: | Climate of the Past |
Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/10/251/2014/cp-10-251-2014.pdf |