Age models and stable isotope record of sediment cores from the Atlantic Ocean, supplement to: Oppo, Delia W; Fairbanks, Richard G (1990): Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation of the last 150,000 years: relationship to climate and atmospheric CO2. Paleoceanography, 5(3), 277-288
The high-resolution delta18O and delta13C records of benthic foraminifera from a 150,000-year long core from the Caribbean Sea indicate that there was generally high delta13C during glaciations and low delta13C during interglaciations. Due to its 1800-m sill depth, the properties of deep water in th...
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ftdatacite:10.1594/pangaea.727184 2023-05-15T17:13:56+02:00 Age models and stable isotope record of sediment cores from the Atlantic Ocean, supplement to: Oppo, Delia W; Fairbanks, Richard G (1990): Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation of the last 150,000 years: relationship to climate and atmospheric CO2. Paleoceanography, 5(3), 277-288 Oppo, Delia W Fairbanks, Richard G 1990 application/zip https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.727184 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.727184 en eng PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/pa005i003p00277 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode cc-by-3.0 CC-BY GLAMAP Drilling/drill rig Piston corer Leg81 CH8X V28 Glomar Challenger Jean Charcot Vema Deep Sea Drilling Project DSDP Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University LDEO Collection article Supplementary Collection of Datasets 1990 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.727184 https://doi.org/10.1029/pa005i003p00277 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z The high-resolution delta18O and delta13C records of benthic foraminifera from a 150,000-year long core from the Caribbean Sea indicate that there was generally high delta13C during glaciations and low delta13C during interglaciations. Due to its 1800-m sill depth, the properties of deep water in the Caribbean Sea are similar to those of middepth tropical Atlantic water. During interglaciations, the water filling the deep Caribbean Sea is an admixture of low delta13C Upper Circumpolar Water (UCPW) and high delta13C Upper North Atlantic Deep Water (UNADW). By contrast, only high delta13C UNADW enters during glaciations. Deep ocean circulation changes can influence atmospheric CO2 levels (Broecker and Takahashi, 1985; Boyle, 1988 doi:10.1029/JC093iC12p15701; Keir, 1988 doi:10.1029/PA003i004p00413; Broecker and Peng, 1989 doi:10.1029/GB003i003p00215). By comparing delta13C records of benthic foraminifera from cores lying in Southern Ocean Water, the Caribbean Sea, and at several other Atlantic Ocean sites, the thermohaline state of the Atlantic Ocean (how close it was to a full glacial or full interglacial configuration) is characterized. A continuum of circulation patterns between the glacial and interglacial extremes appears to have existed in the past. Subtracting the deep Pacific (~mean ocean water) delta13C record from the Caribbean delta13C record yields a record which describes large changes in the Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation. The delta13C difference varies as the vertical nutrient distribution changes. This new proxy record bears a striking resemblance to the 150,000-year-long atmospheric CO2 record (Barnola et al., 1987 doi:10.1038/329408a0). This favorable comparison between the new proxy record and the atmospheric CO2 record is consistent with Boyle's (1988a) model that vertical nutrient redistribution has driven large atmospheric CO2 changes in the past. Changes in the relative contribution of NADW and Pacific outflow water to the Southern Ocean are also consistent with Broecker and Peng's (1989) recent model for atmospheric CO2 changes. Article in Journal/Newspaper NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic Southern Ocean DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Charcot ENVELOPE(139.017,139.017,-69.367,-69.367) Fairbanks Pacific Southern Ocean |
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The high-resolution delta18O and delta13C records of benthic foraminifera from a 150,000-year long core from the Caribbean Sea indicate that there was generally high delta13C during glaciations and low delta13C during interglaciations. Due to its 1800-m sill depth, the properties of deep water in the Caribbean Sea are similar to those of middepth tropical Atlantic water. During interglaciations, the water filling the deep Caribbean Sea is an admixture of low delta13C Upper Circumpolar Water (UCPW) and high delta13C Upper North Atlantic Deep Water (UNADW). By contrast, only high delta13C UNADW enters during glaciations. Deep ocean circulation changes can influence atmospheric CO2 levels (Broecker and Takahashi, 1985; Boyle, 1988 doi:10.1029/JC093iC12p15701; Keir, 1988 doi:10.1029/PA003i004p00413; Broecker and Peng, 1989 doi:10.1029/GB003i003p00215). By comparing delta13C records of benthic foraminifera from cores lying in Southern Ocean Water, the Caribbean Sea, and at several other Atlantic Ocean sites, the thermohaline state of the Atlantic Ocean (how close it was to a full glacial or full interglacial configuration) is characterized. A continuum of circulation patterns between the glacial and interglacial extremes appears to have existed in the past. Subtracting the deep Pacific (~mean ocean water) delta13C record from the Caribbean delta13C record yields a record which describes large changes in the Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation. The delta13C difference varies as the vertical nutrient distribution changes. This new proxy record bears a striking resemblance to the 150,000-year-long atmospheric CO2 record (Barnola et al., 1987 doi:10.1038/329408a0). This favorable comparison between the new proxy record and the atmospheric CO2 record is consistent with Boyle's (1988a) model that vertical nutrient redistribution has driven large atmospheric CO2 changes in the past. Changes in the relative contribution of NADW and Pacific outflow water to the Southern Ocean are also consistent with Broecker and Peng's (1989) recent model for atmospheric CO2 changes. |
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Age models and stable isotope record of sediment cores from the Atlantic Ocean, supplement to: Oppo, Delia W; Fairbanks, Richard G (1990): Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation of the last 150,000 years: relationship to climate and atmospheric CO2. Paleoceanography, 5(3), 277-288 |
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Age models and stable isotope record of sediment cores from the Atlantic Ocean, supplement to: Oppo, Delia W; Fairbanks, Richard G (1990): Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation of the last 150,000 years: relationship to climate and atmospheric CO2. Paleoceanography, 5(3), 277-288 |
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Age models and stable isotope record of sediment cores from the Atlantic Ocean, supplement to: Oppo, Delia W; Fairbanks, Richard G (1990): Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation of the last 150,000 years: relationship to climate and atmospheric CO2. Paleoceanography, 5(3), 277-288 |
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Age models and stable isotope record of sediment cores from the Atlantic Ocean, supplement to: Oppo, Delia W; Fairbanks, Richard G (1990): Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation of the last 150,000 years: relationship to climate and atmospheric CO2. Paleoceanography, 5(3), 277-288 |
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Age models and stable isotope record of sediment cores from the Atlantic Ocean, supplement to: Oppo, Delia W; Fairbanks, Richard G (1990): Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation of the last 150,000 years: relationship to climate and atmospheric CO2. Paleoceanography, 5(3), 277-288 |
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age models and stable isotope record of sediment cores from the atlantic ocean, supplement to: oppo, delia w; fairbanks, richard g (1990): atlantic ocean thermohaline circulation of the last 150,000 years: relationship to climate and atmospheric co2. paleoceanography, 5(3), 277-288 |
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Charcot Fairbanks Pacific Southern Ocean |
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NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic Southern Ocean |
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NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic Southern Ocean |
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