A late Pleistocene dataset of Agulhas Current variability.

ABSTRACT: The interocean transfer of thermocline water between the Indian and the Atlantic Oceans known as 'Agulhas leakage' is of global significance as it influences the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) on different time scales. Variability in the Agulhas Current regime is key in shaping hydroclimate on the adjacent coastal areas of the African continent today as well as during past climates. However, the lack of long, continuous records from the proximal Agulhas Current region dating beyond the last glacial cycle prevents elucidation of its role in regional and wider global climate changes. This is the first continuous record of hydrographic variability (SST; δ¹⁸O_sw) from the Agulhas Current core region spanning the past 270,000 years. The data set is analy

SUBMITTER: Simon MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7659013 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature