Wind regimes over the late Quaternary southwest Pacific Ocean

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Research Article| May 01, 1979 Wind regimes over the late Quaternary southwest Pacific Ocean Jörn Thiede Jörn Thiede 1Department of Geology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Blindern, Oslo 3 Norway Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jörn Thiede 1Department of Geology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Blindern, Oslo 3 Norway Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1979) 7 (5): 259–262. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<259:WROTLQ>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Jörn Thiede; Wind regimes over the late Quaternary southwest Pacific Ocean. Geology 1979;; 7 (5): 259–262. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<259:WROTLQ>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract High concentrations of fine-grained and probably wind-blown quartz with an Australian provenance have been mapped in Holocene sediments in the southwest Pacific. During the last glacial maximum a narrow zone of high eolian input, as reflected in a higher abundance of quartz, extended more than 20° longitude farther east than today. This zone, which was significantly farther north than at present, is centered around lat 30° S but curves around the northern tip of New Zealand. These quartz distributions imply that the westerly winds that blew the airborne quartz over the southwest Pacific had shifted considerably to the north under the influence of intensified atmospheric circulation during the last glacial maximum. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.