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Global warming and abrupt ocean circulation changes at the Paleocene/Eocene boundary (55 Ma)
Malte HeinemannMentor: Jochem Marotzke
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motivation
PETM: Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (55 Ma b.p.)
hypothesis: ocean circulation switch caused methane hydrate release
global warming due to GHG increase - source unclear
tool: AO-GCM with P/E boundary conditions
-6000 0 30003000[m]
MPI-OM ECHAM5
OASIS
motivation
results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook
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P/E control simulation
GHG concentrations poorly constrained by dataCO2=560ppm, preindustrial CH4 already yields warm climate:
0 6[oC]
241812 3630
surface temperature:
motivation
results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook
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P/E control simulation
reconstruction(Nunes & Norris 2006):
Atlantic deepwater track fits with that inferred from δ13C for the PETM, but not the pre-PETM:
our simulation(690m-2650m):
motivation
results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook
PETM
pre-PETM
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summary & outlook
even using a moderate GHG forcing, the simulated P/E climate is very warm (mostly due to a low surface albedo);Atlantic deepwater formation occurs in the proto-Labrador Sea;
next step: investigate climate and ocean circulation sensitivity to greenhouse gas forcing.
we performed a coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM simulation with Paleocene/Eocene boundary conditions;
motivation
results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook
THANK YOU!
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results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook
spares
65 million years of climate change: global deep-sea oxygen isotope ratio based on more than 40 DSDP and ODP sites; modified from Zachos et al. (2001);
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results I:temperature
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Arctic Ocean ‘Wedell’ Sea
Pacific Atlantic
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motivation
results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook
spares
0 600300 900 15001200[m]
convective depth:
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results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook
spares
P/E
preind.
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results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook
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bathymetry [m]
upper 690m:
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results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook
spares
690m-2650m:
bathymetry [m]0200040006000
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P/E control simulation
GHG concentrations poorly constrained by dataCO2=560ppm, preindustrial CH4 already yields warm climate:
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241812 3630 latitude [deg. North]-90 0 9060303060
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surface temperature: zonal meanland surface temperature:
motivation
results I:temperature
results II:ocean
circulation
summary& outlook