Stable oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca ratios on Globorotalia inflata ...

• Main Authors: Groeneveld, Jeroen, Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Giant box corer; MultiCorer; Gravity corer Kiel type; M12/1; M16/1; M20/2; M23/2; M29/1; M29/2; M34/3; M41/2; M46/2; M46/3; M46/4; M49/3; ANT-XI/2; Meteor 1986; Polarstern; Center for Marine Environmental Sciences MARUM; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158; Arctic; Antarctic; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.758694; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.758694

We present a species-specific Mg/Ca-calcification temperature calibration for Globorotalia inflata from a suite of 38 core top samples from the South Atlantic (from 8° to 49°S). G. inflata is a deep-dwelling planktonic foraminifer commonly occurring in subtropical to subpolar conditions, which qualifies it for reconstructions of the permanent thermocline. Apparent calcification depths and calcification temperatures were determined by comparing measured d18O with equilibrium d18O of calcite based on water column properties. Based on our core top samples, G. inflata apparent calcification depth is constant throughout the South Atlantic mid-latitudes with a depth of 350-400 m within the permanent thermocline. The resulting Mg/Ca-calcification temperature calibration is Mg/Ca = 0.72 +/-0.045/0.042 exp (0.076 +0.006 calcification 2 temperature) (r2 = 0.81) and covers the temperature range 3.1-16.5°C. We applied our Mg/Ca calibration to gravity core PS2495-3 from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at ca. 41°S to test its ... : Supplement to: Groeneveld, Jeroen; Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur (2011): Mg/Ca ratios of Globorotalia inflata as a recorder of permanent thermocline temperatures in the South Atlantic. Paleoceanography, 26, PA2203 ...