Reconstruction of sea-surface temperatures from asseblages of planktonic foraminifera ...

• Main Authors: Kucera, Michal, Weinelt, Mara, Kiefer, Thorsten, Pflaumann, Uwe, Hayes, Angela, Weinelt, Martin, Chen, Min-Te, Mix, Alan C, Barrows, Timothy T, Cortijo, Elsa, Duprat, Josette M, Juggins, Stephen, Waelbroeck, Claire
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2005
• Subjects: Multiproxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean surface MARGO; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.738563; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.738563

We present a conceptual framework for a new approach to environmental calibration of planktonic foraminifer census counts. This approach is based on simultaneous application of a variety of transfer function techniques, which are trained on geographically constrained calibration data sets. It serves to minimise bias associated with the presence of cryptic species of planktonic foraminifera and provides an objective tool for assessing reliability of environmental estimates in fossil samples, allowing identification of adverse effects of no-analog faunas and technique-specific bias. We have compiled new calibration data sets for the North (N=862) and South (N=321) Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean (N=1111). We show evidence that these data sets offer adequate coverage of the Sea-Surface Temperature (SST) and faunal variation range and that they are not affected by the presence of pre-Holocene samples and/or calcite dissolution. We have applied four transfer function techniques, including Artificial Neural ... : Supplement to: Kucera, Michal; Weinelt, Mara; Kiefer, Thorsten; Pflaumann, Uwe; Hayes, Angela; Weinelt, Martin; Chen, Min-Te; Mix, Alan C; Barrows, Timothy T; Cortijo, Elsa; Duprat, Josette M; Juggins, Stephen; Waelbroeck, Claire (2005): Reconstruction of sea-surface temperatures from assemblages of planktonic foraminifera: multi-technique approach based on geographically constrained calibration datasets and its application to glacial Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Quaternary Science Reviews, 24(7-9), 951-998 ...