Supplemental Material: Enhanced precipitation in the Gulf of Mexico during the Eocene–Oligocene transition driven by interhemispherical temperature asymmetry

10.1130/gsab.s.17238875 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mingqiu Hou ◽

Guangsheng Zhuang ◽

et al.

Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Surface Temperature ◽

Sea Surface Temperature ◽

Sea Surface ◽

Mean Annual Precipitation ◽

Leaf Wax ◽

Carbon Isotopic ◽

Temperature Reconstructions ◽

Isotopic Records ◽

Temperature Asymmetry

Table S1: Leaf wax isotopic records in the Gulf of Mexico; Table S2: Reconstructions of mean annual precipitation based on leaf wax carbon isotopic records; Table S3: Sea surface temperature reconstructions; Table S4: Leaf wax isotopic records of modern trees.

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A spatiotemporal reconstruction of sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic during Dansgaard–Oeschger events 5–8

Climate of the Past ◽

10.5194/cp-14-901-2018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 901-922 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Mari F. Jensen ◽

Aleksi Nummelin ◽

Søren B. Nielsen ◽

Henrik Sadatzki ◽

Evangeline Sessford ◽

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Keyword(s):

Surface Temperature ◽

Sea Surface Temperature ◽

North Atlantic ◽

General Circulation ◽

Sea Surface ◽

Reconstruction Method ◽

Sea Surface Temperatures ◽

Proxy Data ◽

Surface Temperatures ◽

Temperature Reconstructions

Abstract. Here, we establish a spatiotemporal evolution of the sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic over Dansgaard–Oeschger (DO) events 5–8 (approximately 30–40 kyr) using the proxy surrogate reconstruction method. Proxy data suggest a large variability in North Atlantic sea-surface temperatures during the DO events of the last glacial period. However, proxy data availability is limited and cannot provide a full spatial picture of the oceanic changes. Therefore, we combine fully coupled, general circulation model simulations with planktic foraminifera based sea-surface temperature reconstructions to obtain a broader spatial picture of the ocean state during DO events 5–8. The resulting spatial sea-surface temperature patterns agree over a number of different general circulation models and simulations. We find that sea-surface temperature variability over the DO events is characterized by colder conditions in the subpolar North Atlantic during stadials than during interstadials, and the variability is linked to changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning circulation and in the sea-ice cover. Forced simulations are needed to capture the strength of the temperature variability and to reconstruct the variability in other climatic records not directly linked to the sea-surface temperature reconstructions. This is the first time the proxy surrogate reconstruction method has been applied to oceanic variability during MIS3. Our results remain robust, even when age uncertainties of proxy data, the number of available temperature reconstructions, and different climate models are considered. However, we also highlight shortcomings of the methodology that should be addressed in future implementations.

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