Neodymium isotope ratios of Cretaceous fish teeth
The mechanics of ocean circulation during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse interval remain contested (MacLeod and Hoope, 1992, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<0117:ETIBWB>2.3.CO;2; Frank and Arthur, 1999, doi:10.1029/1998PA900017; MacLeod and Huber, 2001; Abramovich et al., doi:10.1029/2009PA0018...
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ftpangaea:oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.792572 2024-09-15T18:20:42+00:00 Neodymium isotope ratios of Cretaceous fish teeth MacLeod, Kenneth G Isaza-Londoño, Carolina Martin, Ellen E Jiménez Berrocosco, Álvaro Basak, Chandranath MEDIAN LATITUDE: 9.255985 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: -54.399326 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 9.048617 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -54.733050 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 9.433333 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -54.199080 * DATE/TIME START: 2003-01-22T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2003-02-23T00:00:00 2011 application/zip, 5 datasets https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.792572 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.792572 en eng PANGAEA https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.792572 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.792572 CC-BY-3.0: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Access constraints: unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Supplement to: MacLeod, Kenneth G; Isaza-Londoño, Carolina; Martin, Ellen E; Jiménez Berrocosco, Álvaro; Basak, Chandranath (2011): Changes in North Atlantic circulation at the end of the Cretaceous greenhouse interval. Nature Geoscience, 4, 779-782, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1284 Ocean Drilling Program ODP dataset publication series 2011 ftpangaea https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.79257210.1038/ngeo1284 2024-07-24T02:31:21Z The mechanics of ocean circulation during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse interval remain contested (MacLeod and Hoope, 1992, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<0117:ETIBWB>2.3.CO;2; Frank and Arthur, 1999, doi:10.1029/1998PA900017; MacLeod and Huber, 2001; Abramovich et al., doi:10.1029/2009PA001843; Isaza-Londono et al., doi:10.1029/2004PA001130; MacLeod et al., 2005, doi:10.1130/G21466.1), with the role of North Atlantic Deep Water in ocean circulation particularly debated: the relative warming of the North Atlantic during the termination of the greenhouse interval has been attributed to heat piracy from North Atlantic Deep Water formation (Isaza-Londono et al., doi:10.1029/2004PA001130; MacLeod et al., 2005, doi:10.1130/G21466.1), but the sources of Cretaceous deep water have been difficult to resolve. Nd isotopes as captured by seafloor sediments and expressed as epsilon-Nd(t) reflect the region in which the water mass was formed. Here we present epsilon-Nd(t) measurements from Cretaceous- to Palaeogene-aged sediments from four cores in the tropical North Atlantic. Before 69 Myr ago, we find extremely low epsilon-Nd(t) values of about -16, consistent with the presence of a warm, saline deep water mass formed in the low latitudes (MacLeod et al., 2008, doi:10.1130/G24999A.1; Jiménez Berrocoso et al., 2010, doi:10.1130/G31195.1). By 62 Myr ago, epsilon-Nd(t) values had risen to -11, similar to values reported from the northern North Atlantic over the past 65 million years, but lower than most contemporaneous values in the South Atlantic (Robinson et al., 2010, doi:10.1130/G31165.1) and Pacific oceans ((MacLeod et al., 2008, doi:10.1130/G24999A.1; Frank et al., 2005, doi:10.1029/2004PA001052 ). We therefore suggest that the epsilon-Nd(t) shift reflects the increasing influence of a northern-sourced water mass at this site, indicating the onset or intensification of deep- or intermediate-water formation in the North Atlantic 69 Myr ago. Our findings support the heat piracy model and imply that circulation ... Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science ENVELOPE(-54.733050,-54.199080,9.433333,9.048617) |
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The mechanics of ocean circulation during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse interval remain contested (MacLeod and Hoope, 1992, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<0117:ETIBWB>2.3.CO;2; Frank and Arthur, 1999, doi:10.1029/1998PA900017; MacLeod and Huber, 2001; Abramovich et al., doi:10.1029/2009PA001843; Isaza-Londono et al., doi:10.1029/2004PA001130; MacLeod et al., 2005, doi:10.1130/G21466.1), with the role of North Atlantic Deep Water in ocean circulation particularly debated: the relative warming of the North Atlantic during the termination of the greenhouse interval has been attributed to heat piracy from North Atlantic Deep Water formation (Isaza-Londono et al., doi:10.1029/2004PA001130; MacLeod et al., 2005, doi:10.1130/G21466.1), but the sources of Cretaceous deep water have been difficult to resolve. Nd isotopes as captured by seafloor sediments and expressed as epsilon-Nd(t) reflect the region in which the water mass was formed. Here we present epsilon-Nd(t) measurements from Cretaceous- to Palaeogene-aged sediments from four cores in the tropical North Atlantic. Before 69 Myr ago, we find extremely low epsilon-Nd(t) values of about -16, consistent with the presence of a warm, saline deep water mass formed in the low latitudes (MacLeod et al., 2008, doi:10.1130/G24999A.1; Jiménez Berrocoso et al., 2010, doi:10.1130/G31195.1). By 62 Myr ago, epsilon-Nd(t) values had risen to -11, similar to values reported from the northern North Atlantic over the past 65 million years, but lower than most contemporaneous values in the South Atlantic (Robinson et al., 2010, doi:10.1130/G31165.1) and Pacific oceans ((MacLeod et al., 2008, doi:10.1130/G24999A.1; Frank et al., 2005, doi:10.1029/2004PA001052 ). We therefore suggest that the epsilon-Nd(t) shift reflects the increasing influence of a northern-sourced water mass at this site, indicating the onset or intensification of deep- or intermediate-water formation in the North Atlantic 69 Myr ago. Our findings support the heat piracy model and imply that circulation ... |
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Neodymium isotope ratios of Cretaceous fish teeth |
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MEDIAN LATITUDE: 9.255985 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: -54.399326 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 9.048617 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -54.733050 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 9.433333 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -54.199080 * DATE/TIME START: 2003-01-22T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2003-02-23T00:00:00 |
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Supplement to: MacLeod, Kenneth G; Isaza-Londoño, Carolina; Martin, Ellen E; Jiménez Berrocosco, Álvaro; Basak, Chandranath (2011): Changes in North Atlantic circulation at the end of the Cretaceous greenhouse interval. Nature Geoscience, 4, 779-782, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1284 |
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