TY - JOUR T1 - Subtropical Atlantic salinity variability and Atlantic meridional circulation during the last deglaciation JF - Geology Y1 - 2008 A1 - Carlson, A. E. A1 - Oppo, D. W. A1 - Came, R. E. A1 - LeGrande, A. N. A1 - Keigwin, L. D. A1 - Curry, W. B. AB - During the last deglaciation (ca. 21-10 ka), freshening of the North Atlantic surface likely caused reductions in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC); the mechanisms related to AMOC recovery remain poorly understood. Here we present three new deglacial surface temperature and delta O-18(seawater) (delta O-18(sw)) reconstructions from the western subtropical North and South Atlantic. Similarities to tropical Caribbean and western Atlantic delta O-18(sw) records suggest that a salty surface water mass accumulated in the western Atlantic from 27 degrees S to 33 degrees N during periods of reduced AMOC. However, delta O-18(sw) decreases led deep AMOC resumption by hundreds of years. We suggest that the northward export of salt previously trapped in the western Atlantic resulted in the early establishment of a shallow overturning circulation that eventually culminated in deep AMOC resumption, implying that AMOC may constitute a self-limiting system. VL - 36 IS - 12 N1 - id: 862; ISI Document Delivery No.: 381WN Times Cited: 5 Cited Reference Count: 32 Cited References: *CLIMAP PROJ MEMB, 1981, GEOL SOC AM MAP CHAR ANAND P, 2003, PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, V18, ARTN 1050 BENWAY HM, 2006, PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, V21, ARTN PA3008 BEVINGTON P, 2002, DATA REDUCTION ERROR BOYLE EA, 1987, NATURE, V330, P35 BROECKER WS, 1990, PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, V5, P469 CARLSON AE, 2007, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V104, P6556, DOI 10.1073/pnas.0611313104 CLARK PU, 2004, SCIENCE, V304, P1141 GRIMM EC, 2006, QUATERNARY SCI REV, V25, P2197, DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.04.008 GROOTES PM, 1993, NATURE, V366, P552 KASPI Y, 2004, PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, V19, ARTN PA3004 KNORR G, 2003, NATURE, V424, P532, DOI 10.1038/nature01855 LEA DW, 2003, SCIENCE, V301, P1361 LEDUC G, 2007, NATURE, V445, P908, DOI 10.1038/nature05578 LEGRANDE AN, 2006, GEOPHYS RES LETT, V33, ARTN L12604 LEGRANDE AN, 2008, PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, V23, DOI 10.1029/2008PA001610 MCMANUS JF, 2004, NATURE, V428, P834, DOI 10.1038/nature02494 OPPO DW, 2007, GEOPHYS RES LETT, V34, ARTN L13701 PEETERS FJC, 2004, NATURE, V430, P661, DOI 10.1038/nature02785 PETERSON LC, 2000, SCIENCE, V290, P1947 ROBINSON LF, 2005, SCIENCE, V310, P1469, DOI 10.1126/science.1114832 RUHLEMANN C, 1999, NATURE, V402, P511 SCHMIDT GA, 2007, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, V112, ARTN D10103 SCHMIDT MW, 2004, NATURE, V428, P160, DOI 10.1038/nature02346 SCHMIDT MW, 2006, NATURE, V443, P561, DOI 10.1038/nature05121 SCHMITZ WJ, 1995, REV GEOPHYS, V33, P151 SKINNER LC, 2006, QUATERNARY SCI REV, V25, P3312, DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.07.005 STOUFFER RJ, 2006, J CLIMATE, V19, P1365 THOMAS AL, 2006, EARTH PLANET SC LETT, V241, P493, DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.031 WANG XF, 2004, NATURE, V432, P740, DOI 10.1038/nature03067 WEAVER AJ, 2003, SCIENCE, V299, P1709 WELDEAB S, 2006, EARTH PLANET SC LETT, V241, P699, DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.012 Carlson, Anders E. Oppo, Delia W. Came, Rosemarie E. LeGrande, Allegra N. Keigwin, Lloyd D. Curry, William B. Geological soc amer, inc Boulder; YY JO - Subtropical Atlantic salinity variability and Atlantic meridional circulation during the last deglaciation ER -