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Projekt
Spatial Variations of the Phaseshift between Ocean Surface Warming, Evaporation and Changes oft Continental Ice Volume at Terminations I and II (P.O.E.T)
Antragsteller
Professor Dr. Anton Eisenhauer
Fachliche Zuordnung
Paläontologie
Förderung
Förderung von 2007 bis 2010
Projektkennung
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 42247053
The proposed study will examine the timing and phasing of the warming of the ocean surface during the beginning of interglacial Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 1 and 5. The primary goal is to verify the hypothesis whether the tropical ocean or the Northern North Atlantic is pacing climate change at the glacial/interglacial transitions. The change in sea-surface temperature (SST) in relation to sea-surface salinity (SSS) and global ice volume change will be deciphered by using a hitherto unique approach, namely the measurement of combined 44/40Ca, Mg/Ca and 18O in the same planktonic foraminiferal species in comparison to alkenone-based temperatures. The high-resolution multi-proxy data series will be gathered from tropical to high northern latitude ocean areas in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly following the pathway of ocean heat and moisture via the Gulf Stream system, and hence, covering areas with different evaporation/precipitation ratios. We will reconstruct these oceanic parameters for the surface ocean by using shallow-dwelling and by using deep-dwellers foraminifers for the subsurface ocean.
DFG-Verfahren
Schwerpunktprogramme
Beteiligte Personen
Dr. Thomas Blanz; Professor Dr. Dirk Nürnberg
