Coccolith fluxes in the Santa Barbara Basin ...

• Main Authors: Grelaud, Michaël, Beaufort, Luc, Cuven, Stéphanie, Buchet, Noëlle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: Pacific; Dansgaard-Oeschger events
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.832069; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.832069

We investigate the long-term stability of El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Pacific Decadal Oscillation based on the examination of coccolithophore assemblages in a largely laminated 35 ka sedimentary record, retrieved in the Santa Barbara Basin (core MD02-2503). At a centennial scale coccolith assemblages indicate low primary production in the basin from 35 to 11.5 ka B.P., whereas the Holocene is characterized by high-productivity conditions. This pattern demonstrates the influence of the glacial-interglacial cycles on productivity and, by inference, on the nutrient supply by the upwelling cell off Point of Conception. On a shorter scale, laminations associated with Dansgaard-Oeschger events appear to be due to an injection of poorly oxygenated waters in the deepest part of the basin rather than anoxia due to high primary production. A seasonal sampling in seven laminated sections (spanning from 20 to 220 years) extracted from Holocene, Bølling-Allerød, and Dansgaard-Oeschger event 3 indicates El Niño ... : Supplement to: Grelaud, Michaël; Beaufort, Luc; Cuven, Stéphanie; Buchet, Noëlle (2009): Glacial to interglacial primary production and El Niño-Southern Oscillation dynamics inferred from coccolithophores of the Santa Barbara Basin. Paleoceanography, 24(1), PA1203 ...