title: Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum.
abstract: The circulation of the deep Atlantic Ocean during the height of the last ice age appears to have been quite different from today. We review observations implying that Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum was neither extremely sluggish nor an enhanced version of present-day circulation. The distribution of the decay products of uranium in sediments is consistent with a residence time for deep waters in the Atlantic only slightly greater than today. However, evidence from multiple water-mass tracers supports a different distribution of deep-water properties, including density, which is dynamically linked to circulation.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. jean@eas.gatech.edu
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lynch-Stieglitz
authors.forename: Jess F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Adkins
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Curry
authors.forename: Trond
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authors.lastname: Dokken
authors.forename: Ian R
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authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
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authors.lastname: Herguera
authors.forename: Joël J-M
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hirschi
authors.forename: Elena V
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authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.forename: Catherine
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authors.lastname: Kissel
authors.forename: Olivier
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authors.lastname: Marchal
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Marchitto
authors.forename: I Nicholas
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: McCave
authors.forename: Jerry F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McManus
authors.forename: Stefan
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authors.lastname: Mulitza
authors.forename: Ulysses
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authors.lastname: Ninnemann
authors.forename: Frank
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authors.lastname: Peeters
authors.forename: Ein-Fen
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authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Rainer
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authors.lastname: Zahn