CaCO3, foraminifer fragmentation, benthic carbon isotopes, coarse lithic counts and radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Nd, Pb) of the Pliocene and earliest Pleistocene terrigenous component (3.3-2.4 Ma) of IODP Site 306-U1313 ...
We present Plio-Pleistocene records of sediment color, %CaCO3, foraminifer fragmentation, benthic carbon isotopes (d13C) and radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Nd, Pb) of the terrigenous component from IODP Site U1313, a reoccupation of benchmark subtropical North Atlantic Ocean DSDP Site 607. We show that (i...
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PANGAEA
2014
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.829428 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.829428 |
Summary: | We present Plio-Pleistocene records of sediment color, %CaCO3, foraminifer fragmentation, benthic carbon isotopes (d13C) and radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Nd, Pb) of the terrigenous component from IODP Site U1313, a reoccupation of benchmark subtropical North Atlantic Ocean DSDP Site 607. We show that (inter)glacial cycles in sediment color and %CaCO3 pre-date major northern hemisphere glaciation and are unambiguously and consistently correlated to benthic oxygen isotopes back to 3.3 million years ago (Ma) and intermittently so probably back to the Miocene/Pliocene boundary. We show these lithological cycles to be driven by enhanced glacial fluxes of terrigenous material (eolian dust), not carbonate dissolution (the classic interpretation). Our radiogenic isotope data indicate a North American source for this dust (~3.3-2.4 Ma) in keeping with the interpreted source of terrestrial plant wax-derived biomarkers deposited at Site U1313. Yet our data indicate a mid latitude provenance regardless of (inter)glacial ... : Supplement to: Lang, David C; Bailey, Ian; Wilson, Paul A; Beer, Christopher J; Bolton, Clara T; Friedrich, Oliver; Newsam, Cherry; Spencer, Megan R; Gutjahr, Marcus; Foster, Gavin L; Cooper, Matthew J; Milton, J Andy (2014): The transition on North America from the warm humid Pliocene to the glaciated Quaternary traced by eolian dust deposition at a benchmark North Atlantic Ocean drill site. Quaternary Science Reviews, 93, 125-141 ... |
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