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author Steph, Silke
Tiedemann, Ralf
Prange, Matthias
Groeneveld, Jeroen
Nürnberg, Dirk
Reuning, Lars
Schulz, Michael
Haug, Gerald H
author_facet Steph, Silke
Tiedemann, Ralf
Prange, Matthias
Groeneveld, Jeroen
Nürnberg, Dirk
Reuning, Lars
Schulz, Michael
Haug, Gerald H
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Pliocene d18O records of shallow and deep dwelling planktonic foraminifers from the Caribbean (Ocean Drilling Program sites 999 and 1000), the tropical east Pacific (sites 1241 and 851), and the Atlantic (site 925, Ceara Rise, and site 1006, western Great Bahama Bank) were used to examine Atlantic-Caribbean-Pacific atmospheric and oceanic linkages associated with the progressive closure of the Central American Seaway (5.5-3 Ma). Comparisons indicate the development of an inner-Caribbean salinity gradient in the mixed layer and salinity changes on precessional periodicities after 4.4 Ma (site 1000), when the Pacific-Caribbean throughflow became significantly restricted. The high-amplitude variability in salinity is also observed at site 1006, monitoring the Caribbean outflow into the Atlantic. Comparisons of Caribbean and Atlantic planktonic d18O records suggest the North Atlantic subtropical gyre as a major source for high-salinity surface waters. Precession-induced variations in the volume transport of Pacific surface water masses through the Panamanian Seaway are considered a main factor to explain the Caribbean salinity minima. Results from a coupled climate model point to changes in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation state as a potential trigger for changes in the amount of Pacific inflow into the Caribbean.
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spellingShingle (Table 1) Stable oxygen isotope ratios of planktonic foraminifera in Carribean core top samples and calculated habitat depth
Steph, Silke
Tiedemann, Ralf
Prange, Matthias
Groeneveld, Jeroen
Nürnberg, Dirk
Reuning, Lars
Schulz, Michael
Haug, Gerald H
Aves Ridge; AWI_Paleo; Bahamas; Beata Ridge; Calculated; Columbia Basin; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Elevation of event; Event label; Globigerinoides sacculifer, δ18O; Globorotalia crassaformis, δ18O; Guadeloupe; Habitat depth; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Martinique; Mass spectrometer, Finnigan, MAT 252; MUC; MultiCorer; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI; RASTA/GOLDFLOS; SO164; SO164-01-3; SO164-02-3; SO164-03-3; SO164-04-2; SO164-07-3; SO164-19-3; SO164-20-2; SO164-21-3; SO164-22-2; SO164-23-3; SO164-24-3; SO164-25-3; SO164-48-2; SO164-50-3; Sonne; Venezuela Basin
Pliocene d18O records of shallow and deep dwelling planktonic foraminifers from the Caribbean (Ocean Drilling Program sites 999 and 1000), the tropical east Pacific (sites 1241 and 851), and the Atlantic (site 925, Ceara Rise, and site 1006, western Great Bahama Bank) were used to examine Atlantic-Caribbean-Pacific atmospheric and oceanic linkages associated with the progressive closure of the Central American Seaway (5.5-3 Ma). Comparisons indicate the development of an inner-Caribbean salinity gradient in the mixed layer and salinity changes on precessional periodicities after 4.4 Ma (site 1000), when the Pacific-Caribbean throughflow became significantly restricted. The high-amplitude variability in salinity is also observed at site 1006, monitoring the Caribbean outflow into the Atlantic. Comparisons of Caribbean and Atlantic planktonic d18O records suggest the North Atlantic subtropical gyre as a major source for high-salinity surface waters. Precession-induced variations in the volume transport of Pacific surface water masses through the Panamanian Seaway are considered a main factor to explain the Caribbean salinity minima. Results from a coupled climate model point to changes in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation state as a potential trigger for changes in the amount of Pacific inflow into the Caribbean.
title (Table 1) Stable oxygen isotope ratios of planktonic foraminifera in Carribean core top samples and calculated habitat depth
topic Aves Ridge; AWI_Paleo; Bahamas; Beata Ridge; Calculated; Columbia Basin; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Elevation of event; Event label; Globigerinoides sacculifer, δ18O; Globorotalia crassaformis, δ18O; Guadeloupe; Habitat depth; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Martinique; Mass spectrometer, Finnigan, MAT 252; MUC; MultiCorer; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI; RASTA/GOLDFLOS; SO164; SO164-01-3; SO164-02-3; SO164-03-3; SO164-04-2; SO164-07-3; SO164-19-3; SO164-20-2; SO164-21-3; SO164-22-2; SO164-23-3; SO164-24-3; SO164-25-3; SO164-48-2; SO164-50-3; Sonne; Venezuela Basin
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833686