Threshold in North Atlantic-Arctic Ocean circulation controlled by the subsidence of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge

oleh: Michael Stärz, Wilfried Jokat, Gregor Knorr, Gerrit Lohmann

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01

Deskripsi

During the Cenozoic the Arctic Ocean change from a restricted freshwater regime towards more saline modern ocean conditions is supposedly driven by the subsidence of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. Here, the authors derive a threshold for this shift, constrained by the characteristic depth of wind mixing.