Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeThe Global Thermohaline Circulation and the Main Stages of Its Development During the Cenozoic.- Methods and Proxies of Paleoceanographic Reconstructions.- Variability of the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Paleoceanographic Events in the North Atlantic During the Last Climatic Cycle.- Influence of the Global Thermohaline Circulation on Paleoceanographic Events in the Eurasian Arctic Seas.- Paleoceanography of the Northern Indian Ocean: Linkages to Monsoon and Global Thermohaline Paleocirculation.- Influence of the Thermohaline Circulation on Paleoceanographic Events in the South China Sea.- The Role of Thermohaline Circulation in Global Teleconnections.
Autorenportrait
Elena Ivanova is a member of Russian Paleontological Society and of the American Geophysical Union and a Russian representative in IMAGES (The International Marine Core Study) Program. Her book is based on her Habilitation Thesis defended at Shirshov Institute of Oceanology in 2003. She collected the material for her book during 10 marine cruises including the IMAGES MONA cruise, and Russian-Norwegian cruise in the Barents Sea in 2004 where Elena Ivanova was a Chief Scientist. She also worked as a visiting scientist at eight institutes outside of Russia.
Inhalt
Introduction.- Chapter 1. The global thermohaline circulation and the main stages of its development during the Cenozoic.- Chapter 2. Methods and proxies of paleoceanographic reconstruction.- Chapter 3. Variability of the meridional overturning circulation and paleoceanographic events in the North Atlantic during the last climatic cycle.- Chapter 4. Influence of the global thermohaline circulation on paleoceanographic events in the Eurasian Arctic seas.- Chapter 5. Paleoceanography of the northern Indian Ocean: linkages to monsoon and global thermohaline paleocirculation.- Chapter 6. Influence of the thermohaline circulation on paleoceanographic events in the South China Sea.- Chapter 7. The role of thermohaline circulation in global teleconnections.