Sea surface temperature (TEX86), marine GDGTs and BIT index from ODP Hole 161-977A

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Autori principali: Huguet, Carme, Martrat, Belén, Grimalt, Joan O, Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S, Schouten, Stefan
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author Huguet, Carme
Martrat, Belén
Grimalt, Joan O
Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S
Schouten, Stefan
author_facet Huguet, Carme
Martrat, Belén
Grimalt, Joan O
Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S
Schouten, Stefan
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The TEX86H temperature proxy is a relatively new proxy based on crenarchaeotal lipids and has rarely been applied together with other temperature proxies. In this study, we applied the TEX86H on a sediment core from the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean, core ODP-977A) covering the penultimate climate cycle, that is, from 244 to 130 ka, and compared this with previously published sea surface temperatures derived from the Uk'37 of alkenones of haptophyta and Mg/Ca records of planktonic foraminifera. The TEX86H temperature record shows remarkably similar stadial-interstadial patterns and abrupt temperature changes to those observed with the Uk'37 palaeothermometer. Absolute TEX86H temperature estimates are generally higher than those of Uk'37, though this difference (<3°C in 81% of the data points) is mainly within the temperature calibration error for both proxies, suggesting that crenarchaeota and haptophyta experienced similar temperature variations. During occasional events (<5% of the analyzed time span), however, the TEX86H exhibits considerably higher absolute temperature estimates than the Uk'37. Comparison with Mg/Ca records of planktonic foraminifera as well as other Mediterranean TEX86 and Uk'37 records suggests that part of this divergence may be attributed to seasonal differences, that is, with TEX86H reflecting mainly the warm summer season while Uk'37 would show annual mean. Biases in the global calibration of both proxies or specific biases in the Mediterranean are an alternative, though less likely, explanation. Despite differences between absolute TEX86H and Uk'37 temperatures, the correlation between the two proxies (r**2 = 0.59, 95% significance) provides support for the occurrence of abrupt temperature variations in the western Mediterranean during the penultimate interglacial-to-glacial cycle.
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spellingShingle Sea surface temperature (TEX86), marine GDGTs and BIT index from ODP Hole 161-977A
Huguet, Carme
Martrat, Belén
Grimalt, Joan O
Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S
Schouten, Stefan
161-977A; AGE; Alboran Sea; Branched and isoprenoid tetraether index; Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether; Calculated; Calculated from TEX86 (Kim et al., 2010); DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Joides Resolution; Leg161; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; Sea surface temperature, annual mean; Temperature, difference; Tetraether index of 86 carbon atoms
The TEX86H temperature proxy is a relatively new proxy based on crenarchaeotal lipids and has rarely been applied together with other temperature proxies. In this study, we applied the TEX86H on a sediment core from the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean, core ODP-977A) covering the penultimate climate cycle, that is, from 244 to 130 ka, and compared this with previously published sea surface temperatures derived from the Uk'37 of alkenones of haptophyta and Mg/Ca records of planktonic foraminifera. The TEX86H temperature record shows remarkably similar stadial-interstadial patterns and abrupt temperature changes to those observed with the Uk'37 palaeothermometer. Absolute TEX86H temperature estimates are generally higher than those of Uk'37, though this difference (<3°C in 81% of the data points) is mainly within the temperature calibration error for both proxies, suggesting that crenarchaeota and haptophyta experienced similar temperature variations. During occasional events (<5% of the analyzed time span), however, the TEX86H exhibits considerably higher absolute temperature estimates than the Uk'37. Comparison with Mg/Ca records of planktonic foraminifera as well as other Mediterranean TEX86 and Uk'37 records suggests that part of this divergence may be attributed to seasonal differences, that is, with TEX86H reflecting mainly the warm summer season while Uk'37 would show annual mean. Biases in the global calibration of both proxies or specific biases in the Mediterranean are an alternative, though less likely, explanation. Despite differences between absolute TEX86H and Uk'37 temperatures, the correlation between the two proxies (r**2 = 0.59, 95% significance) provides support for the occurrence of abrupt temperature variations in the western Mediterranean during the penultimate interglacial-to-glacial cycle.
title Sea surface temperature (TEX86), marine GDGTs and BIT index from ODP Hole 161-977A
topic 161-977A; AGE; Alboran Sea; Branched and isoprenoid tetraether index; Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether; Calculated; Calculated from TEX86 (Kim et al., 2010); DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Joides Resolution; Leg161; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; Sea surface temperature, annual mean; Temperature, difference; Tetraether index of 86 carbon atoms
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819805