Stable isotope ratios of planktonic foraminifera from North Atlantic surface sediments, supplement to: Cléroux, Caroline; Cortijo, Elsa; Duplessy, Jean Claude; Zahn, Rainer (2007): Deep-dwelling foraminifera as thermocline temperature recorders. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8(4), Q04N11

• Main Authors: Cléroux, Caroline, Cortijo, Elsa, Duplessy, Jean Claude, Zahn, Rainer
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2007
• Subjects: Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Elevation of event; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Globorotalia inflata, δ18O; Globorotalia inflata, δ13C; Sea surface temperature, annual mean; Size fraction; Globorotalia truncatulinoides dextral, δ18O; Globorotalia truncatulinoides dextral, δ13C; Globorotalia truncatulinoides sinistral, δ18O; Globorotalia truncatulinoides sinistral, δ13C; Pulleniatina obliquiloculata, δ18O; Pulleniatina obliquiloculata, δ13C; Grab; Box corer; Piston corer; Calypso Corer; Gravity corer; Mass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251; Calculated from stable oxygen isotopes; FAEGAS; INMD; MD127; MD132; MD101; MD114; PALEOCINAT; Melville; Marion Dufresne 1995; Le Suroît; North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.832181; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.832181

We measured the oxygen isotopic composition of the deep-dwelling foraminiferal species G. inflata, G. truncatulinoides dextral and sinistral, and P. obliquiloculata in 29 modern core tops raised from the North Atlantic Ocean. We compared calculated isotopic temperatures with atlas temperatures and defined ecological models for each species. G. inflata and G. truncatulinoides live preferentially at the base of the seasonal thermocline. Under temperature stress, i.e., when the base of the seasonal thermocline is warmer than 16°C, G. inflata and G. truncatulinoides live deeper in the main thermocline. P. obliquiloculata inhabits the seasonal thermocline in warm regions. We tested our model using 10 cores along the Mauritanian upwelling and show that the comparison of d18O variations registered by the surficial species G. ruber and G. bulloides and the deep-dwelling species G. inflata evidences significant glacial-interglacial shifts of the Mauritanian upwelling cells.