Investigation of planktic foraminifera from the Norwegian-Greenland Sea ...

• Main Authors: Simstich, Johannes, Sarnthein, Michael, Erlenkeuser, Helmut
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2003
• Subjects: Giant box corer; Kasten corer; MultiCorer; Multiple opening/closing net; Mooring; Bucket, plastic; POS119; M2/2; M7/3; M7/5; M17/2; M36/3; M21/4; M21/5; SFB313Moorings; ARK-X/1; ARK-II/5; ARK-X/2; Poseidon; Meteor 1986; Polarstern; Global Environmental Change The Northern North Atlantic SFB313; Greenland; Greenland Sea; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.754602; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.754602

The vertical density gradients in the Nordic Seas are crucial for the preconditioning of the surface water to thermohaline sinking in winter. These gradients can be reconstructed from paired oxygen isotope data in tests of different species of planktonic foraminifera, the isotopic signatures of which represent different calcification depths in the water column. Comparison of d18O values from foraminiferal tests in plankton hauls, sediment traps, and nearby core top samples with the calculated d18Ocalcite profile of the water column revealed species-specific d18O vital effects and the role of bioturbational admixture of subfossil specimens into the surface sediment. On the basis of core top samples obtained along a west-east transect across various hydrographic regions of the Nordic Seas, d18O values of Turborotalita quinqueloba document apparent calcification depths within the pycnocline at 25-75 m water depth. The isotopic signatures of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (s) reflect water masses near and well ... : Supplement to: Simstich, Johannes; Sarnthein, Michael; Erlenkeuser, Helmut (2003): Paired d18O signals of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (s) and Turborotalita quinqueloba show thermal stratification in Nordic Seas. Marine Micropaleontology, 48(1-2), 107-125 ...