Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180 kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes
We present high-resolution records of sedimentary nitrogen (δ15Nbulk) and carbon isotope ratios (δ13Cbulk) from piston core SO201-2-85KL located in the western Bering Sea. The records reflect changes in surface nitrate utilization and terrestrial organic matter contribution in submillennial resoluti...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:40816 2023-05-15T15:43:24+02:00 Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180 kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes Riethdorf, Jan-Rainer Thibodeau, Benoit Ikehara, Minoru Nürnberg, Dirk Max, Lars Tiedemann, Ralf Yokoyama, Yusuke 2016 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/40816/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064515000843 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47832 unknown Riethdorf, J. R. , Thibodeau, B. , Ikehara, M. , Nürnberg, D. , Max, L. , Tiedemann, R. orcid:0000-0001-7211-8049 and Yokoyama, Y. (2016) Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180 kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes , Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 163 - 176 . doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.03.007 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.03.007> , hdl:10013/epic.47832 EPIC3Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, pp. 163 - 176 Article isiRev 2016 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.03.007 2021-12-24T15:41:32Z We present high-resolution records of sedimentary nitrogen (δ15Nbulk) and carbon isotope ratios (δ13Cbulk) from piston core SO201-2-85KL located in the western Bering Sea. The records reflect changes in surface nitrate utilization and terrestrial organic matter contribution in submillennial resolution that span the last 180 kyr. The δ15Nbulk record is characterized by a minimum during the penultimate interglacial indicating low nitrate utilization ($62–80%) despite the relatively high export production inferred from opal concentrations along with a significant reduction in the terrestrial organic matter fraction (mterr). This suggests that the consumption of the nitrate pool at our site was incomplete and even more reduced than today ($84%). δ15Nbulk increases from Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5.4 and culminates during the Last Glacial Maximum, which indicates that nitrate utilization in the Bering Sea was raised during cold intervals (MIS 5.4, 5.2, 4) and almost complete during MIS 3 and 2 ($93–100%). This is in agreement with previous hypotheses suggesting that stronger glacial stratification reduced the nutrient supply from the subeuphotic zone, thereby increasing the iron-to-nutrient ratio and therefore the nitrate utilization in the mixed surface layer. Large variations in δ15Nbulk were also recorded from 180 to 130 ka BP (MIS 6), indicating a potential link to insolation and sea-level forcing and its related feedbacks. Millennial-scale oscillations were observed in δ15Nbulk and δ13Cbulk that might be related to Greenland interstadials. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea Greenland Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Bering Sea Greenland Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 125-126 163 176 |
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We present high-resolution records of sedimentary nitrogen (δ15Nbulk) and carbon isotope ratios (δ13Cbulk) from piston core SO201-2-85KL located in the western Bering Sea. The records reflect changes in surface nitrate utilization and terrestrial organic matter contribution in submillennial resolution that span the last 180 kyr. The δ15Nbulk record is characterized by a minimum during the penultimate interglacial indicating low nitrate utilization ($62–80%) despite the relatively high export production inferred from opal concentrations along with a significant reduction in the terrestrial organic matter fraction (mterr). This suggests that the consumption of the nitrate pool at our site was incomplete and even more reduced than today ($84%). δ15Nbulk increases from Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5.4 and culminates during the Last Glacial Maximum, which indicates that nitrate utilization in the Bering Sea was raised during cold intervals (MIS 5.4, 5.2, 4) and almost complete during MIS 3 and 2 ($93–100%). This is in agreement with previous hypotheses suggesting that stronger glacial stratification reduced the nutrient supply from the subeuphotic zone, thereby increasing the iron-to-nutrient ratio and therefore the nitrate utilization in the mixed surface layer. Large variations in δ15Nbulk were also recorded from 180 to 130 ka BP (MIS 6), indicating a potential link to insolation and sea-level forcing and its related feedbacks. Millennial-scale oscillations were observed in δ15Nbulk and δ13Cbulk that might be related to Greenland interstadials. |
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Riethdorf, Jan-Rainer Thibodeau, Benoit Ikehara, Minoru Nürnberg, Dirk Max, Lars Tiedemann, Ralf Yokoyama, Yusuke Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180 kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes |
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Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180 kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes |
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Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180 kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes |
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Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180 kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes |
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Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180 kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes |
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Surface nitrate utilization in the Bering sea since 180 kA BP: Insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes |
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surface nitrate utilization in the bering sea since 180 ka bp: insight from sedimentary nitrogen isotopes |
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