Stable isotope and Mg/Ca record of IODP Site 339-U1385 ...

Although millennial-scale climate variability (<10 ka) has been well studied during the last glacial cycles, little is known about this important aspect of climate in the early Pleistocene, prior to the Middle Pleistocene Transition. Here we present an early Pleistocene climate record at centenni...

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Main Authors: Birner, Benjamin, Hodell, David A, Tzedakis, Polychronis C, Skinner, Luke C
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2016
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.857756
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.857756
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Summary:Although millennial-scale climate variability (<10 ka) has been well studied during the last glacial cycles, little is known about this important aspect of climate in the early Pleistocene, prior to the Middle Pleistocene Transition. Here we present an early Pleistocene climate record at centennial resolution for two representative glacials (marine isotope stages (MIS) 37-41 from approximately 1235 to 1320 ka) during the "41 ka world" at Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1385 (the "Shackleton Site") on the southwest Iberian margin. Millennial-scale climate variability was suppressed during interglacial periods (MIS 37, MIS 39, and MIS 41) and activated during glacial inceptions when benthic d18O exceeded 3.2 per mil. Millennial variability during glacials MIS 38 and MIS 40 closely resembled Dansgaard-Oeschger events from the last glacial (MIS 3) in amplitude, shape, and pacing. The phasing of oxygen and carbon isotope variability is consistent with an active oceanic thermal bipolar see-saw between ... : Supplement to: Birner, Benjamin; Hodell, David A; Tzedakis, Polychronis C; Skinner, Luke C (2016): Similar millennial climate variability on the Iberian margin during two early Pleistocene glacials and MIS 3. Paleoceanography, 31(1), 203-217 ...