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Sea-level-driven strait closures enhance South China Sea Intermediate Water ventilation with impacts on North Pacific

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Closures of shallow straits impede South China Sea surface water outflows and amplify intermediate water ventilation via downwelling and mixing with deep water, according to combined analysis of radiocarbon dating, grain size, trace elements, and ichnological data.

Source: Communications Earth & Environment

DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-03039-w

Authors: Kunwen Luo, Ming Su, Shan Liu, Yaping Lei, Zhi Lin Ng, Ce Wang

Institutions: Sun Yat-sen University, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)

Language: English

Topic: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Subfield: Oceanography

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Life below water

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,490