Mg/Ca-Temperature Calibration of Polar Benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the Antarctic shelf
Benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca is a well-established bottom water temperature (BWT) proxy used in paleoclimate studies. The relationship between Mg/Ca and BWT for numerous species has been determined using core-top and culturing studies. However, the scarcity of calcareous microfossils in Antarctic shel...
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ftubristolcris:oai:research-information.bris.ac.uk:publications/1913d8c7-6aeb-490d-a414-71eb8d261bdf 2024-02-04T09:54:57+01:00 Mg/Ca-Temperature Calibration of Polar Benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the Antarctic shelf Mawbey, Elaine M Hendry, Katharine Greaves, Mervyn Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter Kuhn, Gerhard Spencer-Jones, Charlotte Mcclymont, Erin L Vadman, Kara Shevenell, Amelia E. Jernas, Patrycja Smith, James 2020-08-15 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1983/1913d8c7-6aeb-490d-a414-71eb8d261bdf https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/1913d8c7-6aeb-490d-a414-71eb8d261bdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.027 https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/245586154/untitled.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Mawbey , E M , Hendry , K , Greaves , M , Hillenbrand , C D , Kuhn , G , Spencer-Jones , C , Mcclymont , E L , Vadman , K , Shevenell , A E , Jernas , P & Smith , J 2020 , ' Mg/Ca-Temperature Calibration of Polar Benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the Antarctic shelf ' , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , vol. 283 , pp. 54-66 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.027 Mg/Ca-temperature calibration Benthic foraminifera Antarctica Paleotemperature reconstruction core-tops article 2020 ftubristolcris https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.027 2024-01-11T23:44:23Z Benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca is a well-established bottom water temperature (BWT) proxy used in paleoclimate studies. The relationship between Mg/Ca and BWT for numerous species has been determined using core-top and culturing studies. However, the scarcity of calcareous microfossils in Antarctic shelf sediments and poorly defined calibrations at low temperatures has limited the use of the foraminiferal Mg/Ca paleothermometer in ice proximal Antarctic sediments. Here we present paired ocean temperature and modern benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca data for three species, Trifarina angulosa, Bulimina aculeata, and Globocassidulina subglobosa, but with a particular focus on Trifarina angulosa. The core-top data from several Antarctic sectors span a BWT range of -1.7 to 1.2˚C and constrain the relationship between Mg/Ca and cold temperatures. We compare our results to published lower-latitude core-top data for species in the same or related genera, and in the case of Trifarina angulosa, produce a regional calibration. The resulting regional equation for Trifarina angulosa is Temperature (°C) = (Mg/Ca -1.140.035)/0.0690.033). Addition of our Trifarina angulosa data to the previously published Uvigerina spp. dataset provides and alternative global calibration, although some data points appear to be offset from this relationship and are discussed. Mg-temperature relationships for Bulimina aculeata and Globocassidulina subglobosa are also combined with previously published data to produce calibration equations of Temperature (°C) = (Mg/Ca-1.040.07)/0.0990.01 and Temperature (°C) = (Mg/Ca-0.990.03)/0.0870.01, respectively. These refined calibrations highlight the potential utility of benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca-paleothermometry for reconstructing past BWT in Antarctic margin settings, although further work is required before they are routinely used. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica University of Bristol: Bristol Research Antarctic The Antarctic Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 283 54 66 |
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Benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca is a well-established bottom water temperature (BWT) proxy used in paleoclimate studies. The relationship between Mg/Ca and BWT for numerous species has been determined using core-top and culturing studies. However, the scarcity of calcareous microfossils in Antarctic shelf sediments and poorly defined calibrations at low temperatures has limited the use of the foraminiferal Mg/Ca paleothermometer in ice proximal Antarctic sediments. Here we present paired ocean temperature and modern benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca data for three species, Trifarina angulosa, Bulimina aculeata, and Globocassidulina subglobosa, but with a particular focus on Trifarina angulosa. The core-top data from several Antarctic sectors span a BWT range of -1.7 to 1.2˚C and constrain the relationship between Mg/Ca and cold temperatures. We compare our results to published lower-latitude core-top data for species in the same or related genera, and in the case of Trifarina angulosa, produce a regional calibration. The resulting regional equation for Trifarina angulosa is Temperature (°C) = (Mg/Ca -1.140.035)/0.0690.033). Addition of our Trifarina angulosa data to the previously published Uvigerina spp. dataset provides and alternative global calibration, although some data points appear to be offset from this relationship and are discussed. Mg-temperature relationships for Bulimina aculeata and Globocassidulina subglobosa are also combined with previously published data to produce calibration equations of Temperature (°C) = (Mg/Ca-1.040.07)/0.0990.01 and Temperature (°C) = (Mg/Ca-0.990.03)/0.0870.01, respectively. These refined calibrations highlight the potential utility of benthic foraminifera Mg/Ca-paleothermometry for reconstructing past BWT in Antarctic margin settings, although further work is required before they are routinely used. |
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Mawbey, Elaine M Hendry, Katharine Greaves, Mervyn Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter Kuhn, Gerhard Spencer-Jones, Charlotte Mcclymont, Erin L Vadman, Kara Shevenell, Amelia E. Jernas, Patrycja Smith, James |
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Mawbey, Elaine M Hendry, Katharine Greaves, Mervyn Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter Kuhn, Gerhard Spencer-Jones, Charlotte Mcclymont, Erin L Vadman, Kara Shevenell, Amelia E. Jernas, Patrycja Smith, James |
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Mg/Ca-Temperature Calibration of Polar Benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the Antarctic shelf |
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Mg/Ca-Temperature Calibration of Polar Benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the Antarctic shelf |
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Mg/Ca-Temperature Calibration of Polar Benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the Antarctic shelf |
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Mg/Ca-Temperature Calibration of Polar Benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the Antarctic shelf |
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Mg/Ca-Temperature Calibration of Polar Benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the Antarctic shelf |
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mg/ca-temperature calibration of polar benthic foraminifera species for reconstruction of bottom water temperatures on the antarctic shelf |
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