(Table 1) Age determination of sediment core KH92-15cBX

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Main Authors: Ohkouchi, Naohiko, Kawamura, Kenji, Taira, Asahiko
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Published: PANGAEA 1997
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author Ohkouchi, Naohiko
Kawamura, Kenji
Taira, Asahiko
author_facet Ohkouchi, Naohiko
Kawamura, Kenji
Taira, Asahiko
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents A sediment core collected from Caroline Basin, western tropical Pacific was analyzed for lipid class compounds (aliphatic hydrocarbons, long-chain alkenones, fatty alcohols, sterols, and fatty acids) to reconstruct changes in paleoenvironments during the last 23.3 kyr. Around the boundary between the glacial and deglacial periods (19 ka), mass accumulation rates of terrestrial biomarkers, C25-C35 n-alkanes, C24-C28 fatty alcohols, and C23-C34 fatty acids, were found to decrease significantly and stayed in low levels during the deglaciation, suggesting a reduction of atmospheric transport of continental materials during that time. In the same period, mass accumulation rates of C17-C20 n-alkanes, pristane, cholesterol, and dinosterol which are thought to be mainly derived from marine organisms also decreased, suggesting a significant drop of marine biological productivity. The decreased biological productivity in the western tropical Pacific may be caused by a reduced supply of nutrients from upwelling which is associated with decreased wind velocity and/or caused by a shift of upwelling zone.
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spellingShingle (Table 1) Age determination of sediment core KH92-15cBX
Ohkouchi, Naohiko
Kawamura, Kenji
Taira, Asahiko
Age, 14C AMS; Age, 14C calibrated; Age, dated; Age, dated standard error; BC; Box corer; Calculated; Calendar age; Caroline Basin, western tropical Pacific; Comment; DEPTH, sediment/rock; KH92-1-5cBX; Sedimentation rate
A sediment core collected from Caroline Basin, western tropical Pacific was analyzed for lipid class compounds (aliphatic hydrocarbons, long-chain alkenones, fatty alcohols, sterols, and fatty acids) to reconstruct changes in paleoenvironments during the last 23.3 kyr. Around the boundary between the glacial and deglacial periods (19 ka), mass accumulation rates of terrestrial biomarkers, C25-C35 n-alkanes, C24-C28 fatty alcohols, and C23-C34 fatty acids, were found to decrease significantly and stayed in low levels during the deglaciation, suggesting a reduction of atmospheric transport of continental materials during that time. In the same period, mass accumulation rates of C17-C20 n-alkanes, pristane, cholesterol, and dinosterol which are thought to be mainly derived from marine organisms also decreased, suggesting a significant drop of marine biological productivity. The decreased biological productivity in the western tropical Pacific may be caused by a reduced supply of nutrients from upwelling which is associated with decreased wind velocity and/or caused by a shift of upwelling zone.
title (Table 1) Age determination of sediment core KH92-15cBX
topic Age, 14C AMS; Age, 14C calibrated; Age, dated; Age, dated standard error; BC; Box corer; Calculated; Calendar age; Caroline Basin, western tropical Pacific; Comment; DEPTH, sediment/rock; KH92-1-5cBX; Sedimentation rate
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.876563