Miocene restriction of the Pacific-North Atlantic throughflow strengthened Atlantic overturning circulation
During the Miocene, the Central American seaway was not closed, allowing low-salinity Pacific water to potentially weaken the Atlantic circulation. A new, continuous Nd isotope record shows that there was no direct intermediate water mass export from the Caribbean to the Florida Strait and thus, the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2019-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12034-7 |