Correction of the IRD influence for paleo‐current flow speed reconstructions in hemipelagic sediments
Reconstructions of past changes in deep-sea current intensities are needed to understand ocean-climate interactions in the past. The mean size of the sortable silt fraction (10 – 63 µm, ) is one of the most used proxies in this domain. However, in polar and subpolar environments under relatively low...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:93296 2023-12-24T10:09:11+01:00 Correction of the IRD influence for paleo‐current flow speed reconstructions in hemipelagic sediments Stevenard, N. Govin, A. Kissel, C. Van Toer, A. 2023-03 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00821/93296/99978.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00821/93296/99979.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004500 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00821/93296/ eng eng American Geophysical Union (AGU) https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00821/93296/99978.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00821/93296/99979.pdf doi:10.1029/2022PA004500 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00821/93296/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Paleoceanography And Paleoclimatology (2572-4517) (American Geophysical Union (AGU)), 2023-03 , Vol. 38 , N. 3 , P. e2022PA004500 (16p.) sortable silt IRD correction Zr Rb grain-size ratio bottom current strength text Article info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2023 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004500 2023-11-28T23:51:10Z Reconstructions of past changes in deep-sea current intensities are needed to understand ocean-climate interactions in the past. The mean size of the sortable silt fraction (10 – 63 µm, ) is one of the most used proxies in this domain. However, in polar and subpolar environments under relatively low flow speed conditions, the presence of Ice-Rafted Detritus (IRD) may alter the record and thus bias the interpretation of paleo-current strength changes. In this paper, we examine the influence of IRD on the record of three sedimentary cores from the subpolar North Atlantic and the Antarctic margin. The influence of unsorted IRD on records is clearly established. To remove this IRD influence on grain-size distributions, we propose a new method based on End-Member Analysis approach, and for which a MATLAB script is made available. This method characterizes the grain-size distribution of the unsorted IRD input, allowing it to be isolated and discarded, and the current sensitive variability to be robustly identified. The method therefore allows the recalculation of a modified sediment grain-size distribution free of unsorted IRD influence and the construction of modified and sortable silt percentage (the % of the 10-63 μm in the total <63 μm fraction) records. The application of the method to the three studied cores shows that (i) the unsorted IRD component is correctly removed from the grain-size signal and (ii) the new record is consistent with the XRF-based ln(Zr/Rb) grain-size proxy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Key Points Evidence for unsorted IRD influence on records of hemipelagic sediments in subpolar environments New method proposed to provide grain-size distributions free of unsorted IRD influence Allows to define a paleo-current strength proxy free of unsorted IRD contribution Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic North Atlantic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Antarctic The Antarctic Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 38 3 |
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Reconstructions of past changes in deep-sea current intensities are needed to understand ocean-climate interactions in the past. The mean size of the sortable silt fraction (10 – 63 µm, ) is one of the most used proxies in this domain. However, in polar and subpolar environments under relatively low flow speed conditions, the presence of Ice-Rafted Detritus (IRD) may alter the record and thus bias the interpretation of paleo-current strength changes. In this paper, we examine the influence of IRD on the record of three sedimentary cores from the subpolar North Atlantic and the Antarctic margin. The influence of unsorted IRD on records is clearly established. To remove this IRD influence on grain-size distributions, we propose a new method based on End-Member Analysis approach, and for which a MATLAB script is made available. This method characterizes the grain-size distribution of the unsorted IRD input, allowing it to be isolated and discarded, and the current sensitive variability to be robustly identified. The method therefore allows the recalculation of a modified sediment grain-size distribution free of unsorted IRD influence and the construction of modified and sortable silt percentage (the % of the 10-63 μm in the total <63 μm fraction) records. The application of the method to the three studied cores shows that (i) the unsorted IRD component is correctly removed from the grain-size signal and (ii) the new record is consistent with the XRF-based ln(Zr/Rb) grain-size proxy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Key Points Evidence for unsorted IRD influence on records of hemipelagic sediments in subpolar environments New method proposed to provide grain-size distributions free of unsorted IRD influence Allows to define a paleo-current strength proxy free of unsorted IRD contribution |
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Stevenard, N. Govin, A. Kissel, C. Van Toer, A. |
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Correction of the IRD influence for paleo‐current flow speed reconstructions in hemipelagic sediments |
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Correction of the IRD influence for paleo‐current flow speed reconstructions in hemipelagic sediments |
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Correction of the IRD influence for paleo‐current flow speed reconstructions in hemipelagic sediments |
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Correction of the IRD influence for paleo‐current flow speed reconstructions in hemipelagic sediments |
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Correction of the IRD influence for paleo‐current flow speed reconstructions in hemipelagic sediments |
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correction of the ird influence for paleo‐current flow speed reconstructions in hemipelagic sediments |
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