Stable isotopes and ages from sediment core FR01/97-12, Tasman Sea

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Autores principales: Bostock, Helen C, Opdyke, Bradley N, Gagan, Michael K, Fifield, L Keith
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author Bostock, Helen C
Opdyke, Bradley N
Gagan, Michael K
Fifield, L Keith
author_facet Bostock, Helen C
Opdyke, Bradley N
Gagan, Michael K
Fifield, L Keith
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Deep-sea sediment core FR1/97 GC-12 is located 990 mbsl in the northern Tasman Sea, southwest Pacific, where Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) presently impinges the continental slope of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Analysis of carbon (d13C) and oxygen (d18O) isotope ratios on a suite of planktonic and benthic foraminifera reveals rapid changes in surface and intermediate water circulation over the last 30 kyr. During the Last Glacial Maximum, there was a large d13C offset (1.1 per mil) between the surface-dwelling planktonic foraminifera and benthic species living within the AAIW. In contrast, during the last deglaciation (Termination 1), the d13C(planktonic-benthic) offset reduced to 0.4 per mil prior to an intermediate offset (0.7 per mil) during the Holocene. We suggest that variations in the dominance and direction of AAIW circulation in the Tasman Sea, and increased oceanic ventilation, can account for the rapid change in the water column d13C(planktonic-benthic) offset during the glacial-interglacial transition. Our results support the hypothesis that intermediate water plays an important role in propagating climatic changes from the polar regions to the tropics. In this case, climatic variations in the Southern Hemisphere may have led to the rapid ventilation of deep water and AAIW during Termination 1, which contributed to the postglacial rise in atmospheric CO2.
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spellingShingle Stable isotopes and ages from sediment core FR01/97-12, Tasman Sea
Bostock, Helen C
Opdyke, Bradley N
Gagan, Michael K
Fifield, L Keith
FR01/97; FR01/97-12; Franklin; GC; Gravity corer; Southwest Pacific
Deep-sea sediment core FR1/97 GC-12 is located 990 mbsl in the northern Tasman Sea, southwest Pacific, where Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) presently impinges the continental slope of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Analysis of carbon (d13C) and oxygen (d18O) isotope ratios on a suite of planktonic and benthic foraminifera reveals rapid changes in surface and intermediate water circulation over the last 30 kyr. During the Last Glacial Maximum, there was a large d13C offset (1.1 per mil) between the surface-dwelling planktonic foraminifera and benthic species living within the AAIW. In contrast, during the last deglaciation (Termination 1), the d13C(planktonic-benthic) offset reduced to 0.4 per mil prior to an intermediate offset (0.7 per mil) during the Holocene. We suggest that variations in the dominance and direction of AAIW circulation in the Tasman Sea, and increased oceanic ventilation, can account for the rapid change in the water column d13C(planktonic-benthic) offset during the glacial-interglacial transition. Our results support the hypothesis that intermediate water plays an important role in propagating climatic changes from the polar regions to the tropics. In this case, climatic variations in the Southern Hemisphere may have led to the rapid ventilation of deep water and AAIW during Termination 1, which contributed to the postglacial rise in atmospheric CO2.
title Stable isotopes and ages from sediment core FR01/97-12, Tasman Sea
topic FR01/97; FR01/97-12; Franklin; GC; Gravity corer; Southwest Pacific
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832098