Helium isotope record, CaCO3 concentration and accumulation rate of ODP Site 138-849 (Table 2)

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Hauptverfasser: Winckler, Gisela, Anderson, Robert F, Stute, Martin, Schlosser, Peter
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author Winckler, Gisela
Anderson, Robert F
Stute, Martin
Schlosser, Peter
author_facet Winckler, Gisela
Anderson, Robert F
Stute, Martin
Schlosser, Peter
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The cause of the 100 kyr glacial–interglacial cycles during the past 800 kyr is one of the fundamental puzzles in paleoclimatology. The widely accepted Milankovitch theory, relating earth's climate cycles to variations in insolation caused by periodic changes in orbital parameters, has difficulties to explain the predominant 100 kyr rhythm. Although earth's eccentricity varies with a period of 100 kyr, the resulting change in insolation is too small to produce the corresponding climate cycle by direct forcing (Imbrie et al., 1993; doi:10.1029/93PA02751. In order to solve the '100 kyr problem', Muller and MacDonald (1995, doi:10.1038/377107b0; 1997, doi:10.1126/science.277.5323.215; Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 94 (1997b) 8329) proposed an alternative orbital but non-Milankovitch mechanism attributing the glacial cycles to regular variations in the accretion of interplanetary dust particles (IDP) caused by 100 kyr cycles in the orbital inclination of the earth. To test this controversial hypothesis, we study the IDP accumulation in deep-sea sediments from a period in the early Pleistocene. We find apparent 41 kyr cycles but no 100 kyr periodicity in the IDP accumulation rate. As there is no known mechanism to produce 41 kyr cycles in IDP supply from space, we conclude that the 41 kyr cycles are caused by the dynamics of sediment accumulation, and that changes in the IDP flux do not drive the Pleistocene glacial cycles.
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spellingShingle Helium isotope record, CaCO3 concentration and accumulation rate of ODP Site 138-849 (Table 2)
Winckler, Gisela
Anderson, Robert F
Stute, Martin
Schlosser, Peter
138-849; Accumulation rate, mass; AGE; Calcium carbonate; Calculated; Comment; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Coulometry; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Helium-3; Helium-3, standard deviation; Helium-3/Helium-4 ratio; Helium-3/Helium-4 ratio, standard deviation; Joides Resolution; Leg138; Mass spectrometer MAP215-50; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label
The cause of the 100 kyr glacial–interglacial cycles during the past 800 kyr is one of the fundamental puzzles in paleoclimatology. The widely accepted Milankovitch theory, relating earth's climate cycles to variations in insolation caused by periodic changes in orbital parameters, has difficulties to explain the predominant 100 kyr rhythm. Although earth's eccentricity varies with a period of 100 kyr, the resulting change in insolation is too small to produce the corresponding climate cycle by direct forcing (Imbrie et al., 1993; doi:10.1029/93PA02751. In order to solve the '100 kyr problem', Muller and MacDonald (1995, doi:10.1038/377107b0; 1997, doi:10.1126/science.277.5323.215; Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 94 (1997b) 8329) proposed an alternative orbital but non-Milankovitch mechanism attributing the glacial cycles to regular variations in the accretion of interplanetary dust particles (IDP) caused by 100 kyr cycles in the orbital inclination of the earth. To test this controversial hypothesis, we study the IDP accumulation in deep-sea sediments from a period in the early Pleistocene. We find apparent 41 kyr cycles but no 100 kyr periodicity in the IDP accumulation rate. As there is no known mechanism to produce 41 kyr cycles in IDP supply from space, we conclude that the 41 kyr cycles are caused by the dynamics of sediment accumulation, and that changes in the IDP flux do not drive the Pleistocene glacial cycles.
title Helium isotope record, CaCO3 concentration and accumulation rate of ODP Site 138-849 (Table 2)
topic 138-849; Accumulation rate, mass; AGE; Calcium carbonate; Calculated; Comment; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Coulometry; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Helium-3; Helium-3, standard deviation; Helium-3/Helium-4 ratio; Helium-3/Helium-4 ratio, standard deviation; Joides Resolution; Leg138; Mass spectrometer MAP215-50; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742954