Palaeoproductivity evolution in the centre of the western Pacific warm pool during the last 250 ka

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Li, Tiegang, Zhao, Jingtao, Nan, Qingyun, Sun, Rongtao, Yu, Xinke, Li, TG (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Key Lab Marine Geol & Environm, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Earth's Orbital Period; Palaeo-enso; Palaeoproductivity; Western Pacific Warm Pool; Geology; Paleontology; Antarctic; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/11510; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1471

To reconstruct the palaeoproductivity evolution history of the centre of the western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) over the last 250 ka, multi-proxies were analysed in sediment core WP7 recovered from the Ontong Java Plateau. Palaeoproductivity evolution at the centre of the WPWP during the last 250 ka is closely related to glacial interglacial cycles and the insolation controlled by precession. The glacial higher primary productivity relative to the interglacial conditions could have resulted from both thermocline shoaling associated with persistent El Nino-like conditions and the increased influx of dust resulting from intensified winter monsoon together with important changes in the thermocline. The minimum primary productivity values during the last three terminations could be resulted from deglacial thermocline deepening and intensified stratification associated with persistent La Nina-like conditions, and the concurrent Neogloboquadrina dutertrei delta C-13 minimum events probably reflect the chemical signatures of Subantarctic Mode Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water. In addition, primary productivity values are also controlled by the thermocline variations resulting from El Nino/La Nina-Southern Oscillation processes responding to precession forcing, and lead the delta O-18 by about 4 ka. The 33.1 ka, 19 ka and "half-precession" periods are prominent in the palaeoproductivity records. Copyright (C) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. To reconstruct the palaeoproductivity evolution history of the centre of the western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) over the last 250 ka, multi-proxies were analysed in sediment core WP7 recovered from the Ontong Java Plateau. Palaeoproductivity evolution at the centre of the WPWP during the last 250 ka is closely related to glacial interglacial cycles and the insolation controlled by precession. The glacial higher primary productivity relative to the interglacial conditions could have resulted from both thermocline shoaling associated with persistent El Nino-like conditions and the ...