Rethinking Agulhas Leakage impacts on Atlantic circulation

IF 20.6 1区地球科学 Q1 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Nature Geoscience Pub Date : 2026-10-07 DOI:10.1038/s41561-026-02111-0

Benjamin Petrick

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Abstract

The Agulhas Leakage is a set of currents that carry salty water from the Indian to the Atlantic Ocean around the southern tip of Africa. It helps drive modern Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but evidence suggests this link wasn’t present in the Pliocene.

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重新思考阿古拉斯泄漏对大西洋环流的影响

阿古拉斯泄漏是一组洋流，将咸水从印度带到非洲南端周围的大西洋。它有助于推动现代大西洋经向翻转环流，但有证据表明，这种联系在上新世并不存在。

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Nature Geoscience 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

26.70

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1.60%

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187

审稿时长

3.3 months

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