Parallel between the isotopic composition of coccolith calcite and carbon levels across Termination II: Developing a new paleo-CO 2 probe
Beyond the pCO 2 records provided by ice core measurements, the quantification of atmospheric CO 2 concentrations and changes thereof relies on proxy data, the development of which represents a foremost challenge in paleoceanography. In the paleoceanographic toolbox, the coccolithophores occupy a no...
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[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry Godbillot, Camille Minoletti, Fabrice Bassinot, Franck Hermoso, Michaël Parallel between the isotopic composition of coccolith calcite and carbon levels across Termination II: Developing a new paleo-CO 2 probe |
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Beyond the pCO 2 records provided by ice core measurements, the quantification of atmospheric CO 2 concentrations and changes thereof relies on proxy data, the development of which represents a foremost challenge in paleoceanography. In the paleoceanographic toolbox, the coccolithophores occupy a notable place, as the magnitude of the carbon isotopic 15 fractionation between ambient CO 2 and a type of organic compounds that these photosynthetic microalgae synthesize (the alkenones) represents a relatively robust proxy to reconstruct past atmospheric CO 2 concentrations during the Cenozoic. The isotopic composition of coeval calcite biominerals found in the sediments and also produced by the coccolithophores (the coccoliths) have been found to record an ambient CO 2 signal through culture and sediment analyses. These studies have, however, not yet formalized a transfer function that quantitatively ties the isotopic composition of coccolith calcite to the 20 concentrations of aqueous CO 2 , and, ultimately, to atmospheric CO 2 levels. Here, we make use of a micro-separation protocol to compare the isotopic response of two size-restricted coccolith assemblages from the North Atlantic to changes in surface ocean CO 2 during Termination II (ca. 130-140 ka). Performing paired measurements of the isotopic composition (δ 13 C and δ 18 O) of relatively large and small coccoliths provides an isotopic offset that can be designated as a "differential vital effect". We find that the evolution of this offset follows that of aqueous CO 2 concentrations computed from the ice core CO 2 curve 25 and an independent temperature signal. We interpret this biogeochemical feature to be the result of converging carbon fixation strategies between large and small cells as the degree of carbon limitation for cellular growth decreases across the deglaciation. We are therefore able to determine a transfer function between the coccolith differential vital effects and aqueous CO 2 in the range of Quaternary CO 2 concentrations. We here ... |
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Parallel between the isotopic composition of coccolith calcite and carbon levels across Termination II: Developing a new paleo-CO 2 probe |
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Parallel between the isotopic composition of coccolith calcite and carbon levels across Termination II: Developing a new paleo-CO 2 probe |
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Parallel between the isotopic composition of coccolith calcite and carbon levels across Termination II: Developing a new paleo-CO 2 probe |
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ftuniversailles:oai:HAL:hal-03274254v1 2024-04-28T08:24:17+00:00 Parallel between the isotopic composition of coccolith calcite and carbon levels across Termination II: Developing a new paleo-CO 2 probe Godbillot, Camille Minoletti, Fabrice Bassinot, Franck Hermoso, Michaël Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (iSTeP) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 (LOG) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Nord ) Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO) 2021-06-29 https://hal.science/hal-03274254 https://hal.science/hal-03274254/document https://hal.science/hal-03274254/file/cp-2021-76.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2021-76 en eng HAL CCSD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/cp-2021-76 hal-03274254 https://hal.science/hal-03274254 https://hal.science/hal-03274254/document https://hal.science/hal-03274254/file/cp-2021-76.pdf doi:10.5194/cp-2021-76 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess https://hal.science/hal-03274254 2021 [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint Preprints, Working Papers, . 2021 ftuniversailles https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2021-76 2024-04-04T17:32:49Z Beyond the pCO 2 records provided by ice core measurements, the quantification of atmospheric CO 2 concentrations and changes thereof relies on proxy data, the development of which represents a foremost challenge in paleoceanography. In the paleoceanographic toolbox, the coccolithophores occupy a notable place, as the magnitude of the carbon isotopic 15 fractionation between ambient CO 2 and a type of organic compounds that these photosynthetic microalgae synthesize (the alkenones) represents a relatively robust proxy to reconstruct past atmospheric CO 2 concentrations during the Cenozoic. The isotopic composition of coeval calcite biominerals found in the sediments and also produced by the coccolithophores (the coccoliths) have been found to record an ambient CO 2 signal through culture and sediment analyses. These studies have, however, not yet formalized a transfer function that quantitatively ties the isotopic composition of coccolith calcite to the 20 concentrations of aqueous CO 2 , and, ultimately, to atmospheric CO 2 levels. Here, we make use of a micro-separation protocol to compare the isotopic response of two size-restricted coccolith assemblages from the North Atlantic to changes in surface ocean CO 2 during Termination II (ca. 130-140 ka). Performing paired measurements of the isotopic composition (δ 13 C and δ 18 O) of relatively large and small coccoliths provides an isotopic offset that can be designated as a "differential vital effect". We find that the evolution of this offset follows that of aqueous CO 2 concentrations computed from the ice core CO 2 curve 25 and an independent temperature signal. We interpret this biogeochemical feature to be the result of converging carbon fixation strategies between large and small cells as the degree of carbon limitation for cellular growth decreases across the deglaciation. We are therefore able to determine a transfer function between the coccolith differential vital effects and aqueous CO 2 in the range of Quaternary CO 2 concentrations. We here ... Report ice core North Atlantic Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines: HAL-UVSQ |