Stable carbon isotope ratios of planktonic foraminifera from ODP Hole 130-806B on the Ontong Java Plateau (Appendix) ...

• Main Authors: Schmidt, Heike, Berger, Wolfgang H, Bickert, Torsten, Wefer, Gerold
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1993
• Subjects: DEPTH, sediment/rock; Globigerinoides sacculifer, δ13C; Pulleniatina spp., δ13C; Drilling/drill rig; Mass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251; Leg130; Joides Resolution; Ocean Drilling Program ODP; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.696413; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.696413

We present delta13C records spanning the last 2 m.y. of two planktonic foraminiferal taxa (Globigerinoides sacculifer and Pulleniatina) from Ocean Drilling Program Site 806 on the Ontong Java Plateau, western equatorial Pacific. The sampling interval is between 4 and 5 k.y. The two taxa are thought to reflect conditions within the mixed layer and within the bottom of the mixed layer (or in the uppermost thermocline), respectively. The records were analyzed for trends and cycles on time scales greater than 100 k.y. and for periodicity in the orbital portions of the Fourier spectrum. The G. sacculifer record shows a long-term decrease in delta13C, superimposed on long-period fluctuations. The obliquity-related signal is distinct throughout the Quaternary. The Pulleniatina record shows subdued amplitudes, compared with G. sacculifer.There is evidence, from comparison of the differences in delta13C with those of delta18O, that a shallowing of the thermocline in the late Quaternary (increase in delta delta18O) ... : Stable oxygen isotope record see Berger et al., (1993) data set: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.696432 ...