Mg ∕ Ca and δ18O in living planktic foraminifers from the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits
Mg ∕ Ca and δ18O in living planktic foraminifers from the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits
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加勒比海、墨西哥湾和佛罗里达海峡活体浮游有孔虫中的 Mg ∕ Ca 和 δ18O
DOI:
10.5194/bg-15-7077-2018
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发表时间:
2018
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影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
J. Schönfeld
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作者:
A. Jentzen;D. Nürnberg;E. Hathorne;J. Schönfeld
Abstract. Past ocean temperatures and salinities can be approximated from
combined stable oxygen isotopes (δ18O) and
Mg ∕ Ca measurements in fossil foraminiferal tests with
varying success. To further refine this approach, we collected living
planktic foraminifers by net sampling and pumping of sea surface water from
the Caribbean Sea, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Straits. Analyses
of δ18O and Mg ∕ Ca in eight living planktic
species (Globigerinoides sacculifer, Orbulina universa,
Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, Pulleniatina obliquiloculata,
Globorotalia menardii, Globorotalia ungulata,
Globorotalia truncatulinoides and Globorotalia tumida) were
compared to measured in situ properties of the ambient seawater (temperature,
salinity and δ18Oseawater) and fossil tests of
underlying surface sediments. “Vital effects” such as symbiont activity and
test growth cause δ18O disequilibria with respect to the
ambient seawater and a large scatter in foraminiferal
Mg ∕ Ca. Overall, ocean temperature is the most prominent
environmental influence on δ18Ocalcite and
Mg ∕ Ca. Enrichment of the heavier 18O isotope in
living specimens below the mixed layer and in fossil tests is clearly
related to lowered in situ temperatures and gametogenic calcification.
Mg ∕ Ca-based temperature estimates of
G. sacculifer indicate seasonal maximum accumulation rates on the
seafloor in early spring (March) at Caribbean stations and later in the year
(May) in the Florida Straits, related to the respective mixed layer
temperatures of ∼26 ∘C. Notably, G. sacculifer
reveals a weak positive linear relationship between foraminiferal derived
δ18Oseawater estimates and both measured in situ
δ18Oseawater and salinity. Our results affirm the
applicability of existing δ18O and Mg ∕ Ca
calibrations for the reconstruction of past ocean temperatures and
δ18Oseawater reflecting salinity due to the
convincing accordance of proxy data in both living and fossil foraminifers,
and in situ environmental parameters. Large vital effects and seasonally
varying proxy signals, however, need to be taken into account.
影响因子:
16.6
作者:
Fehrenbacher JS;Russell AD;Davis CV;Gagnon AC;Spero HJ;Cliff JB;Zhu Z;Martin P
通讯作者:
Martin P
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Greaves, M.;Caillon, N.;Wilson, P. A.
通讯作者:
Wilson, P. A.
影响因子:
1.9
作者:
Birch, Heather;Coxall, Helen K.;O'Regan, Matthew
通讯作者:
O'Regan, Matthew