Strontium isotope data from DSDP Sites 32-305 and 62-463 and ODP Sites 113-689 and 113-690

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Hauptverfasser: Barrera, Enriqueta C, Savin, Samuel M, Thomas, Ellen, Jones, Charles E
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author Barrera, Enriqueta C
Savin, Samuel M
Thomas, Ellen
Jones, Charles E
author_facet Barrera, Enriqueta C
Savin, Samuel M
Thomas, Ellen
Jones, Charles E
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Fluctuations in oxygen (d18O) and carbon (d13C) isotope values of benthic foraminiferal calcite from the tropical Pacific and Southern Oceans indicate rapid reversals in the dominant mode and direction of the thermohaline circulation during a 1 m.y. interval (71-70 Ma) in the Maastrichtian. At the onset of this change, benthic foraminiferal d18O values increased and were highest in low-latitude Pacific Ocean waters, whereas benthic and planktic foraminiferal d13C values decreased and benthic values were lowest in the Southern Ocean. Subsequently, benthic foraminiferal d18O values in the Indo-Pacific decreased, and benthic and planktic d13C values increased globally. These isotopic patterns suggest that cool intermediate-depth waters, derived from high-latitude regions, penetrated temporarily to the tropics. The low benthic d13C values at the Southern Ocean sites, however, suggest that these cool waters may have been derived from high northern rather than high southern latitudes. Correlation with eustatic sea-level curves suggests that sea-level change was the most likely mechanism to change the circulation and/or source(s) of intermediate-depth waters. We thus propose that oceanic circulation during the latest Cretaceous was vigorous and that competing sources of intermediate- and deep-water formation, linked to changes in climate and sea level, may have alternated in importance.
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spellingShingle Strontium isotope data from DSDP Sites 32-305 and 62-463 and ODP Sites 113-689 and 113-690
Barrera, Enriqueta C
Savin, Samuel M
Thomas, Ellen
Jones, Charles E
113-689; 113-690; 32-305; 62-463; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Leg113; Leg32; Leg62; North Pacific/CONT RISE; North Pacific/SEAMOUNT; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Atlantic Ocean
Fluctuations in oxygen (d18O) and carbon (d13C) isotope values of benthic foraminiferal calcite from the tropical Pacific and Southern Oceans indicate rapid reversals in the dominant mode and direction of the thermohaline circulation during a 1 m.y. interval (71-70 Ma) in the Maastrichtian. At the onset of this change, benthic foraminiferal d18O values increased and were highest in low-latitude Pacific Ocean waters, whereas benthic and planktic foraminiferal d13C values decreased and benthic values were lowest in the Southern Ocean. Subsequently, benthic foraminiferal d18O values in the Indo-Pacific decreased, and benthic and planktic d13C values increased globally. These isotopic patterns suggest that cool intermediate-depth waters, derived from high-latitude regions, penetrated temporarily to the tropics. The low benthic d13C values at the Southern Ocean sites, however, suggest that these cool waters may have been derived from high northern rather than high southern latitudes. Correlation with eustatic sea-level curves suggests that sea-level change was the most likely mechanism to change the circulation and/or source(s) of intermediate-depth waters. We thus propose that oceanic circulation during the latest Cretaceous was vigorous and that competing sources of intermediate- and deep-water formation, linked to changes in climate and sea level, may have alternated in importance.
title Strontium isotope data from DSDP Sites 32-305 and 62-463 and ODP Sites 113-689 and 113-690
topic 113-689; 113-690; 32-305; 62-463; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Leg113; Leg32; Leg62; North Pacific/CONT RISE; North Pacific/SEAMOUNT; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Atlantic Ocean
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712680