@article { ISI:000300878100002,
	title = {Ventilation changes in the western North Pacific since the last glacial period},
	journal = {CLIMATE OF THE PAST},
	volume = {8},
	number = {{1}},
	year = {2012},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {17-24},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {We reconstructed the ventilation record of deep water at 2100m depth in the mid-latitude western North Pacific over the past 25 kyr from radiocarbon measurements of coexisting planktic and benthic foraminiferal shells in sediment with a high sedimentation rate. The C-14 data on fragile and robust planktic foraminiferal shells were concordant with each other, ensuring high quality of the reconstructed ventilation record. The radiocarbon activity changes were consistent with the atmospheric record, suggesting that no massive mixing of old carbon from the abyssal reservoir occurred throughout the glacial to deglacial periods. margin of the North Pacific, in a deep western boundary current analogous to the present one in the North Atlantic. However, our knowledge of paleo-ventilation, particularly in water deeper than 2000m in the western North Pacific, is limited because of poor preservation of foraminiferal shells in sediment. Here we present a detailed account of ventilation changes in the mid-latitude western North Pacific based on radiocarbon records from coexisting planktic and benthic foraminifera in sediment with high sedimentation rates. Because our ventilation reconstruction is based on radiocarbon data from multiple planktic species in the mid to high-latitude western North Pacific, our record provides robust evidence for the ventilation history in the region.},
	issn = {1814-9324},
	doi = {10.5194/cp-8-17-2012},
	author = {Okazaki, Y. and Sagawa, T. and Asahi, H. and Horikawa, K. and Onodera, J.}
}
@article {2538,
	title = {Deepwater Formation in the North Pacific During the Last Glacial Termination},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {329},
	year = {2010},
	month = {Sep-07-2010},
	pages = {200 - 204},
	abstract = {Between ~17,500 and 15,000 years ago, the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakened substantially in response to meltwater discharges from disintegrating Northern Hemispheric glacial ice sheets. The global effects of this reorganization of poleward heat flow in the North Atlantic extended to Antarctica and the North Pacific. Here we present evidence from North Pacific paleo surface proxy data, a compilation of marine radiocarbon age ventilation records, and global climate model simulations to suggest that during the early stages of the Last Glacial Termination, deep water extending to a depth of ~2500 to 3000 meters was formed in the North Pacific. A switch of deepwater formation between the North Atlantic and the North Pacific played a key role in regulating poleward oceanic heat transport during the Last Glacial Termination.},
	issn = {0036-8075},
	doi = {10.1126/science.1190612},
	url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/doi/10.1126/science.1190612},
	author = {Okazaki, Y. and Timmermann, A. and Menviel, L. and Harada, N. and Abe-Ouchi, A. and Chikamoto, M. O. and Mouchet, A. and Asahi, H.}
}
@article {302,
	title = {Land-sea linkage of Holocene paleoclimate on the Southern Bering Continental Shelf},
	journal = {Holocene},
	volume = {19},
	year = {2009},
	note = {id: 1878; 470HQ Times Cited:1 Cited References Count:76Y},
	pages = {747-756},
	abstract = {Detailed diatom records within surface and core sediments from the Southern Bering Continental Shelf (SBCS) reveal that the Holocene evolution of sea-ice distribution is associated with low pressure patterns. Holocene sea-ice distribution over the SBCS was mainly controlled by the location of the Aleutian Low. The corresponding paleoceanographic and paleoclimate conditions can be divided into three stages. (1) the early Holocene K before 7000 cal. yr BP) was characterized by extensive sea-ice distribution under two low-pressure cells, which covered the western Bering-Sea and the Gulf of Alaska, respectively. (2) Between 3000 and 7000 cal. yr BP, the low-pressure system over the Gulf of Alaska became weak, causing total sea-ice mass over the SBCS to retreat. (3) In the past 3000 years, prevailing southwesterly winds over the SBCS due to the developing Aleutian Low have reduced further sea-ice cover on the SBCS. These paleoclimatic changes were probably a response to ENSO variation. The timings of water mass exchanges on the SBCS coincided with sea-level change along the Alaskan Peninsula. As a result, subsequent morphologic alterations have also influenced the paleoceanographic condition of the SBCS. The effect of the surface coastal water and bottom marine water on the SBCS intensified about 6000 cal. yr BP when sea level increased.},
	issn = {0959-6836},
	doi = {10.1177/0959683609105298},
	author = {Katsuki, K. and Khim, B. K. and Itaki, T. and Harada, N. and Sakai, H. and Ikeda, T. and Takahashi, K. and Okazaki, Y. and Asahi, H.}
}
@article {1851,
	title = {Millennial time scale changes in surface to intermediate-deep layer circulation recorded in the sediment cores from the northwestern North Pacific},
	journal = {The Quaternary Research},
	volume = {48},
	year = {2009},
	note = {id: 1877},
	month = {2009},
	pages = {179-194},
	author = {Harada, N. and Kimoto, K. and Okazaki, Y. and Nagashima, K. and Timmermann, A. and Abe-Ouchi, A.}
}
