(Table 1) Helium isotope ratios of sediment core TT013_114

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Hauptverfasser: Winckler, Gisela, Anderson, Robert F, Schlosser, Peter
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author Winckler, Gisela
Anderson, Robert F
Schlosser, Peter
author_facet Winckler, Gisela
Anderson, Robert F
Schlosser, Peter
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents We present a helium isotope record for core TT013-114PC from the central equatorial Pacific (140°W, 4°N, 4432 m water depth) spanning a period of 1 million years. We focus on the time interval from 560 to 800 kyr, largely coinciding with the mid-Pleistocene climate transition (MPT) when the dominant period of the Earth's climate variability shifted from 41 kyr to 100 kyr. The terrigenous 4He concentrations from our study correlate very well with published titanium concentrations in this core strongly supporting the use of terrigenous 4He as a monitor of continental dust. Normalizing titanium and terrigenous 4He concentrations to 3He suggests that the dust supply during the MPT was approximately 30% lower compared to the subsequent period (560-100 kyr). The 3He-normalized barium, aluminum and phosphorus concentrations, trace elements with a predominantly biogenic source in these sediments, are relatively constant. This is in contrast to previous studies that reported an apparent rise of titanium-normalized productivity proxies. Rather than a significant increase in productivity during the MPT, we conclude that the dust flux to the central equatorial Pacific was reduced and that the export productivity was approximately constant during this period of climate reorganization.
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spellingShingle (Table 1) Helium isotope ratios of sediment core TT013_114
Winckler, Gisela
Anderson, Robert F
Schlosser, Peter
11291231 Pistoncore13; AGE; Comment; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Equatorial Pacific; Helium-3; Helium-3, standard deviation; Helium-3/Helium-4 ratio; Helium-3/Helium-4 ratio, standard deviation; Helium-4, terrestrial; Helium-4, terrestrial, standard deviation; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Normalized; PC; Piston corer; Thomas G. Thompson; TT013; TT013_114
We present a helium isotope record for core TT013-114PC from the central equatorial Pacific (140°W, 4°N, 4432 m water depth) spanning a period of 1 million years. We focus on the time interval from 560 to 800 kyr, largely coinciding with the mid-Pleistocene climate transition (MPT) when the dominant period of the Earth's climate variability shifted from 41 kyr to 100 kyr. The terrigenous 4He concentrations from our study correlate very well with published titanium concentrations in this core strongly supporting the use of terrigenous 4He as a monitor of continental dust. Normalizing titanium and terrigenous 4He concentrations to 3He suggests that the dust supply during the MPT was approximately 30% lower compared to the subsequent period (560-100 kyr). The 3He-normalized barium, aluminum and phosphorus concentrations, trace elements with a predominantly biogenic source in these sediments, are relatively constant. This is in contrast to previous studies that reported an apparent rise of titanium-normalized productivity proxies. Rather than a significant increase in productivity during the MPT, we conclude that the dust flux to the central equatorial Pacific was reduced and that the export productivity was approximately constant during this period of climate reorganization.
title (Table 1) Helium isotope ratios of sediment core TT013_114
topic 11291231 Pistoncore13; AGE; Comment; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Equatorial Pacific; Helium-3; Helium-3, standard deviation; Helium-3/Helium-4 ratio; Helium-3/Helium-4 ratio, standard deviation; Helium-4, terrestrial; Helium-4, terrestrial, standard deviation; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Normalized; PC; Piston corer; Thomas G. Thompson; TT013; TT013_114
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.835164