Southward Shift and Intensification of the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the North Pacific Across the Mid‐Pleistocene Transition
Geophysical research letters(2023)
摘要
The Hadley Circulation and associated westerlies strengthened and moved equatorward across the mid-Pleistocene transition (MPT). However, the evolution of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is still elusive due to the scarcity of long-term hydrological records from regions sensitive to the ITCZ change. Here, high-resolution sea surface salinity estimates derived from surface-dwelling planktic foraminiferal delta 18O and Mg/Ca in Ocean Drilling Program Site 871 reveal a long-term freshening trend in the central equatorial Pacific across the MPT. We attribute this secular reorganization of the precipitation-evaporation balance to the gradual southward migration and intensification of ITCZ in the North Pacific. It is inferred that the long-term evolution of the ITCZ was modulated by the increased meridional sea surface temperature gradients and the enhancements of trade winds across the MPT.
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sea surface salinity,intertropical convergence zone,mid-Pleistocene transition,foraminiferal delta 18O,foraminiferal Mg/Ca
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