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Impact of Panamanian Gateway Opening on the Global Ocean Circulation
| Title: | Impact of Panamanian Gateway Opening on the Global Ocean Circulation |
| Authors: | Sumata, Hiroshi Browse this author | | Minobe, Shoshiro Browse this author | | Motoi, Tatsuo Browse this author | | Chan, Wing-Le Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Oceanic conveyer belt | | Coupled GCM | | Panamanian gateway | | Miocene |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Publisher: | Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University |
| Citation: | Edited by Shunsuke F. Mawatari, Hisatake Okada. |
| Journal Title: | Neo-Science of Natural History: Integration of Geoscience and Biodiversity Studies : Proceedings of International Symposium on "Dawn of a New Natural History - Integration of Geoscience and Biodiversity Studies" March 5-6, 2004, Sapporo |
| Start Page: | 93 |
| End Page: | 101 |
| Abstract: | It is believed that Panamanian isthmus was opened during the early to middle Miocene, and the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans were connected via Panamanian Gateway. Several papers using proxy data suggested that oceanic circulation and climate system in that period had been significantly different from the present state. Numerical studies, which used oceanic general circulation model (OGCM), also proposed various views concerning oceanic circulation patterns in that period. In this study, numerical results from an ocean-atmosphere coupled general circulation model are analyzed to investigate paleoceanic circulation during Miocene. We focused on the effects of the Panamanian gateway to create paleoceanic steady state and oceanic conveyor belt during Miocene. The results show that water transport from the North Atlantic to the North Pacific Oceans through the Panamanian Gateway was important in maintaining the ocean circulation and the climate state in the past. |
| Description: | International Symposium on "Dawn of a New Natural History - Integration of Geoscience and Biodiversity Studies". 5-6 March 2004. Sapporo, Japan. |
| Conference Name: | International Symposium on "Dawn of a New Natural History : Integration of Geoscience and Biodiversity Studies" |
| Conference Place: | Sapporo |
| Type: | proceedings |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/38512 |
| Appears in Collections: | Neo-Science of Natural History : Integration of Geoscience and Biodiversity Studies > Proceedings
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