Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, and CaCO3 and sand content of ODP Hole 165-999A

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Autores principales: Haug, Gerald H, Tiedemann, Ralf
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author Haug, Gerald H
Tiedemann, Ralf
author_facet Haug, Gerald H
Tiedemann, Ralf
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The Late Cenozoic closure of the seaway between the North andSouth American continents is thought to have caused extensive changes in ocean circulation and Northern Hemisphere climate (Keigwin, 1982, doi:10.1126/science.217.4557.350; Maier-Reiners et al., 1990, doi:10.1029/PA005i003p00349). But the timing and consequences of the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama, which closed the seaway, remain controversial (Keigwin, 1982, doi:10.1126/science.217.4557.350; Maier-Reiners et al., 1990, doi:10.1029/PA005i003p00349; Duque-Caro, 1990, doi:10.1016/0031-0182(90)90178-A; Keller et al., 1989, doi:10.1016/0895-9811(89)90028-X; Collins et al., 1996, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0687:TLMPIS>2.3.CO;2). Here we present stable-isotope and carbonate sand-fraction records from Caribbean sediments which, when compared to Atlantic and Pacific palaeoceanographic records, indicate that the closure caused a marked reorganization of ocean circulation starting 4.6 million years ago. Shallowing of the seaway intensified the Gulf Stream and introduced warm and saline water masses to high northern latitudes. These changes strengthened deep-water formation in the Labrador Sea over the next million years - as indicated by an increased deep-water ventilation and carbonate preservation in the Caribbean Sea - and favoured early Pliocene warming of the Northern Hemisphere. The evaporative cooling of surface waters during North Atlantic Deep Water formation would have introduced moisture to the Northern Hemisphere. Although the pronounced intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation between 3.1 and 2.5 million years ago substantially lagged the full development of North Atlantic Deep Water formation, we propose that the increased atmospheric moisture content was a necessary precondition for ice-sheet growth, which was then triggered by the incremental changes in the Earth's orbital obliquity.
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spellingShingle Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, and CaCO3 and sand content of ODP Hole 165-999A
Haug, Gerald H
Tiedemann, Ralf
165-999A; Accumulation rate, sand > 63 µm; AGE; Calcium carbonate; Caribbean Sea; Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, δ13C; Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, δ18O; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, sediment revised; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Joides Resolution; Leg165; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; Sand
The Late Cenozoic closure of the seaway between the North andSouth American continents is thought to have caused extensive changes in ocean circulation and Northern Hemisphere climate (Keigwin, 1982, doi:10.1126/science.217.4557.350; Maier-Reiners et al., 1990, doi:10.1029/PA005i003p00349). But the timing and consequences of the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama, which closed the seaway, remain controversial (Keigwin, 1982, doi:10.1126/science.217.4557.350; Maier-Reiners et al., 1990, doi:10.1029/PA005i003p00349; Duque-Caro, 1990, doi:10.1016/0031-0182(90)90178-A; Keller et al., 1989, doi:10.1016/0895-9811(89)90028-X; Collins et al., 1996, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0687:TLMPIS>2.3.CO;2). Here we present stable-isotope and carbonate sand-fraction records from Caribbean sediments which, when compared to Atlantic and Pacific palaeoceanographic records, indicate that the closure caused a marked reorganization of ocean circulation starting 4.6 million years ago. Shallowing of the seaway intensified the Gulf Stream and introduced warm and saline water masses to high northern latitudes. These changes strengthened deep-water formation in the Labrador Sea over the next million years - as indicated by an increased deep-water ventilation and carbonate preservation in the Caribbean Sea - and favoured early Pliocene warming of the Northern Hemisphere. The evaporative cooling of surface waters during North Atlantic Deep Water formation would have introduced moisture to the Northern Hemisphere. Although the pronounced intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation between 3.1 and 2.5 million years ago substantially lagged the full development of North Atlantic Deep Water formation, we propose that the increased atmospheric moisture content was a necessary precondition for ice-sheet growth, which was then triggered by the incremental changes in the Earth's orbital obliquity.
title Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, and CaCO3 and sand content of ODP Hole 165-999A
topic 165-999A; Accumulation rate, sand > 63 µm; AGE; Calcium carbonate; Caribbean Sea; Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, δ13C; Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, δ18O; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, sediment revised; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Joides Resolution; Leg165; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; Sand
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.789866