A magneto- and chemostratigraphically calibrated dinoflagellate cyst zonation of the early Palaeogene South Pacific Ocean
Investigation of the early Palaeogene palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological evolution of the Polar Regions is hindered by the absence of calcite microfossils in sedimentary archives, which are conventionally the main dating tool. To overcome this problem, we have generated large datasets of orga...
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ftunivutrecht:oai:dspace.library.uu.nl:1874/288432 2023-07-23T04:21:53+02:00 A magneto- and chemostratigraphically calibrated dinoflagellate cyst zonation of the early Palaeogene South Pacific Ocean Bijl, P.K. Sluijs, A. Brinkhuis, H. 2013 image/pdf https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/288432 en eng 0012-8252 https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/288432 info:eu-repo/semantics/ClosedAccess Aardwetenschappen Southern Ocean Palaeogene Organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts (dinocysts) Stratigraphy Zonation Article 2013 ftunivutrecht 2023-07-02T00:49:32Z Investigation of the early Palaeogene palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological evolution of the Polar Regions is hindered by the absence of calcite microfossils in sedimentary archives, which are conventionally the main dating tool. To overcome this problem, we have generated large datasets of organic dinoflagellate cyst (dinocyst) assemblages fromSouthern Ocean shelf sediments over the past decade, and we here calibrate these to the Geomagnetic Polarity TimeScale (GPTS) using magnetostratigraphy and stable isotope stratigraphy. This now for the first time allows a high-resolution Southern Pacific Ocean dinocyst zonation for the late Palaeocene to late Eocene (58–36 million years ago; Ma). We compile published dinocyst chronologies from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Hole 1171D on the South Tasman Rise, Hole 1172A/D on the East Tasman Plateau and Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Hole U1356A on the Wilkes Land margin. Correlation to dinocyst zonations from New Zealand lead to revisions of the magnetostratigraphic age model at Holes 1171D and 1172A/D. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope records reveal the stratigraphic location of the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (~56 Ma) and the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (~40 Ma), respectively. The resulting zonation consists of thirteen dinocyst zones, calibrated to the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS) of Vandenberghe et al. (2012), which can likely be applied to the entire Southern Ocean. Finally,we apply the revised stratigraphy to all published TEX86 data, a biomarker-based proxy for sea surface temperature (SST), from ODP Site 1172 to assess long-term climate evolution. This shows that Southwest Pacific SST trends mimic the global compilation of benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes even better than previously appreciated. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean Wilkes Land Utrecht University Repository New Zealand Pacific South Tasman Rise ENVELOPE(148.000,148.000,-47.500,-47.500) Southern Ocean Wilkes Land ENVELOPE(120.000,120.000,-69.000,-69.000) |
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Investigation of the early Palaeogene palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological evolution of the Polar Regions is hindered by the absence of calcite microfossils in sedimentary archives, which are conventionally the main dating tool. To overcome this problem, we have generated large datasets of organic dinoflagellate cyst (dinocyst) assemblages fromSouthern Ocean shelf sediments over the past decade, and we here calibrate these to the Geomagnetic Polarity TimeScale (GPTS) using magnetostratigraphy and stable isotope stratigraphy. This now for the first time allows a high-resolution Southern Pacific Ocean dinocyst zonation for the late Palaeocene to late Eocene (58–36 million years ago; Ma). We compile published dinocyst chronologies from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Hole 1171D on the South Tasman Rise, Hole 1172A/D on the East Tasman Plateau and Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Hole U1356A on the Wilkes Land margin. Correlation to dinocyst zonations from New Zealand lead to revisions of the magnetostratigraphic age model at Holes 1171D and 1172A/D. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope records reveal the stratigraphic location of the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (~56 Ma) and the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (~40 Ma), respectively. The resulting zonation consists of thirteen dinocyst zones, calibrated to the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS) of Vandenberghe et al. (2012), which can likely be applied to the entire Southern Ocean. Finally,we apply the revised stratigraphy to all published TEX86 data, a biomarker-based proxy for sea surface temperature (SST), from ODP Site 1172 to assess long-term climate evolution. This shows that Southwest Pacific SST trends mimic the global compilation of benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes even better than previously appreciated. |
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Bijl, P.K. Sluijs, A. Brinkhuis, H. |
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Bijl, P.K. Sluijs, A. Brinkhuis, H. |
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A magneto- and chemostratigraphically calibrated dinoflagellate cyst zonation of the early Palaeogene South Pacific Ocean |
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A magneto- and chemostratigraphically calibrated dinoflagellate cyst zonation of the early Palaeogene South Pacific Ocean |
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A magneto- and chemostratigraphically calibrated dinoflagellate cyst zonation of the early Palaeogene South Pacific Ocean |
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A magneto- and chemostratigraphically calibrated dinoflagellate cyst zonation of the early Palaeogene South Pacific Ocean |
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A magneto- and chemostratigraphically calibrated dinoflagellate cyst zonation of the early Palaeogene South Pacific Ocean |
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magneto- and chemostratigraphically calibrated dinoflagellate cyst zonation of the early palaeogene south pacific ocean |
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ENVELOPE(148.000,148.000,-47.500,-47.500) ENVELOPE(120.000,120.000,-69.000,-69.000) |
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New Zealand Pacific South Tasman Rise Southern Ocean Wilkes Land |
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New Zealand Pacific South Tasman Rise Southern Ocean Wilkes Land |
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Southern Ocean Wilkes Land |
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Southern Ocean Wilkes Land |
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