Sedimentary mercury and antimony revealed orbital-scale dynamics of the Kuroshio Current

J Zou, YP Chang, A Zhu, MT Chen… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
As an integral part of the Earth's climate system, the Kuroshio Current (KC) plays a crucial
role in shaping the regional oceanography and climate in the Northern Hemisphere …

Global reorganization of deep-sea circulation and carbon storage after the last ice age

PA Rafter, WR Gray, SKV Hines, A Burke, KM Costa… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Using new and published marine fossil radiocarbon (14C/C) measurements, a tracer
uniquely sensitive to circulation and air-sea gas exchange, we establish several …

Lacustrine leaf wax hydrogen isotopes indicate strong regional climate feedbacks in Beringia since the last ice age

WC Daniels, JM Russell, C Morrill, WM Longo… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late-Quaternary climate of Beringia remains unresolved despite the region's
role in modulating glacial-interglacial climate and as the likely conduit for human dispersal …

Ice and ocean constraints on early human migrations into North America along the Pacific coast

SK Praetorius, JR Alder, A Condron… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Founding populations of the first Americans likely occupied parts of Beringia during the Last
Glacial Maximum (LGM). The timing, pathways, and modes of their southward transit remain …

Isotopic evidence against North Pacific Deep Water formation during late Pliocene warmth

JB Novak, RP Caballero-Gill, RM Rose, TD Herbert… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Several modelling and observational studies suggest deep water formation in the subpolar
North Pacific as a possible alternative mode of thermohaline circulation that occurred in the …

Interactions between depositional regime and climate proxies in the northern South China Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum

X Wang, Y Zhong, PD Clift, Y Feng… - Paleoceanography …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sedimentary deposits from the northern South China Sea (SCS) can provide important
constraints on past changes in ocean currents and the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) …

A deep Tasman outflow of Pacific waters during the last glacial period

T Struve, DJ Wilson, SKV Hines, JF Adkins… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The interoceanic exchange of water masses is modulated by flow through key oceanic
choke points in the Drake Passage, the Indonesian Seas, south of Africa, and south of …

Deep-water circulation intensity and stratification in the South China Sea since the last glaciation

Y Zhao, Y Wang, Z Liu, X Li, W Yang - Marine Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Deep-water circulation in the South China Sea is closely linked to deep hydrography of the
North Pacific via water exchange at the Luzon Strait. In this study, temporal changes of the …

Flow conditions of the Quaternary Deep-water Current reconstructed by sediment waves in the northeastern South China Sea

X Wang, Q Sun, H Wang, S Yin, X Wan, J Chen… - Marine Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Sea (SCS) plays a key role in maintaining the circulation in the
Pacific and Indian oceans. After entering the northeast South China Sea from the Luzon …

Thorium isotope evidence for glacial–interglacial dust storminess and productivity in the North Pacific gyre

T Chen, J Zheng, T Li, X Shi, LF Robinson… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
The flux of dust deposition to the ocean and its impact on marine biological productivity are
outstanding issues of the Earth's climate system. The North Pacific gyre (NPG) is the Earth's …