Arctic Ocean benthic foraminifera preservation and Mg/Ca ratios : Implications for bottom water palaeothermometry
Reconstructions of Arctic Ocean palaeotemperatures are needed to disentangle natural variability from anthropogenic changes and understand the role of ocean heat transport in forcing or providing feedbacks on Arctic climate change. Despite known complications with calcareous microfossil preservation...
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ftstockholmuniv:oai:DiVA.org:su-155089 2023-05-15T14:33:36+02:00 Arctic Ocean benthic foraminifera preservation and Mg/Ca ratios : Implications for bottom water palaeothermometry Barrientos, Natalia 2018 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-155089 eng eng Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper Stockholm : Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University Meddelanden från Stockholms universitets institution för geologiska vetenskaper 370 orcid:0000-0001-9478-1060 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-155089 urn:isbn:978-91-7797-175-7 urn:isbn:978-91-7797-176-4 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Arctic Ocean benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca-temperature calcite preservation Climate Research Klimatforskning Geochemistry Geokemi Oceanography Hydrology and Water Resources Oceanografi hydrologi och vattenresurser Environmental Sciences Miljövetenskap Geosciences Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinär geovetenskap Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis text 2018 ftstockholmuniv 2023-02-23T21:43:20Z Reconstructions of Arctic Ocean palaeotemperatures are needed to disentangle natural variability from anthropogenic changes and understand the role of ocean heat transport in forcing or providing feedbacks on Arctic climate change. Despite known complications with calcareous microfossil preservation in Arctic Ocean sediments, calcareous benthic foraminifera can be common in interglacial sequences. However, thus far they have been underutilized in palaeoceanographic studies. This thesis explores the application of the Mg/Ca palaeothermometry proxy for reconstructing bottom water temperatures (BWT) in the Arctic Ocean during the late Quaternary. This method, which is supported by previous empirical studies demonstrating a strong temperature control on trace Mg inclusion into foraminiferal shell calcite, has been applied in many ocean regions and time intervals. Until now its application in the Arctic Ocean has been sparingly explored. The results of this doctoral thesis are based on benthic foraminifera retrieved from marine sediment cores covering a wide geographical Arctic Ocean area including both the shallow and vast continental shelves and slopes to the intermediate-to-deep waters of the Lomonosov Ridge and Morris Jesup Rise. These provide the first benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca ratios from the central Arctic Ocean region. In the first study, mechanisms that could affect Mg incorporation in Arctic benthic foraminifera are investigated using oceanographic field data and six 'live' modern Arctic species (Elphidium clavatum, Nonionella labradorica, Cassidulina neoteretis, Oridorsalis tener, Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi and Quinqueloculina arctica). The result is new species-specific Mg/Ca–BWT field calibrations that provide important constraints at the cold end of the BWT spectrum (-2 to 1°C) (Paper I). Using the new Mg/Ca–BWT equation for E. clavatum, a palaeotemperature record was generated for the late Holocene (past ca. 4100 yr) from the western Chukchi Sea. The data showed BWT fluctuations from -2 to 1°C that ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Arctic Arctic Ocean Chukchi Chukchi Sea Climate change Foraminifera* Lomonosov Ridge Stockholm University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea Morris Jesup Rise ENVELOPE(-20.000,-20.000,83.750,83.750) |
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Arctic Ocean benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca-temperature calcite preservation Climate Research Klimatforskning Geochemistry Geokemi Oceanography Hydrology and Water Resources Oceanografi hydrologi och vattenresurser Environmental Sciences Miljövetenskap Geosciences Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinär geovetenskap |
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Reconstructions of Arctic Ocean palaeotemperatures are needed to disentangle natural variability from anthropogenic changes and understand the role of ocean heat transport in forcing or providing feedbacks on Arctic climate change. Despite known complications with calcareous microfossil preservation in Arctic Ocean sediments, calcareous benthic foraminifera can be common in interglacial sequences. However, thus far they have been underutilized in palaeoceanographic studies. This thesis explores the application of the Mg/Ca palaeothermometry proxy for reconstructing bottom water temperatures (BWT) in the Arctic Ocean during the late Quaternary. This method, which is supported by previous empirical studies demonstrating a strong temperature control on trace Mg inclusion into foraminiferal shell calcite, has been applied in many ocean regions and time intervals. Until now its application in the Arctic Ocean has been sparingly explored. The results of this doctoral thesis are based on benthic foraminifera retrieved from marine sediment cores covering a wide geographical Arctic Ocean area including both the shallow and vast continental shelves and slopes to the intermediate-to-deep waters of the Lomonosov Ridge and Morris Jesup Rise. These provide the first benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca ratios from the central Arctic Ocean region. In the first study, mechanisms that could affect Mg incorporation in Arctic benthic foraminifera are investigated using oceanographic field data and six 'live' modern Arctic species (Elphidium clavatum, Nonionella labradorica, Cassidulina neoteretis, Oridorsalis tener, Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi and Quinqueloculina arctica). The result is new species-specific Mg/Ca–BWT field calibrations that provide important constraints at the cold end of the BWT spectrum (-2 to 1°C) (Paper I). Using the new Mg/Ca–BWT equation for E. clavatum, a palaeotemperature record was generated for the late Holocene (past ca. 4100 yr) from the western Chukchi Sea. The data showed BWT fluctuations from -2 to 1°C that ... |
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Arctic Ocean benthic foraminifera preservation and Mg/Ca ratios : Implications for bottom water palaeothermometry |
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Arctic Ocean benthic foraminifera preservation and Mg/Ca ratios : Implications for bottom water palaeothermometry |
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Arctic Ocean benthic foraminifera preservation and Mg/Ca ratios : Implications for bottom water palaeothermometry |
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arctic ocean benthic foraminifera preservation and mg/ca ratios : implications for bottom water palaeothermometry |
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Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper |
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