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Oppo, Delia W; Fairbanks, Richard G; Gordon, Arnold L; Shackleton, Nicholas J (1990): Stable isotope record of benthic foraminifera in late Pleistocene sediments [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.701361, Supplement to: Oppo, DW et al. (1990): Late Pleistocene Southern Ocean d13C variability. Paleoceanography, 5(1), 43-54, https://doi.org/10.1029/PA005i001p00043

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Abstract:
Variations in the contribution of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW), relative to North Pacific Deep Water (NPDW), to the Southern Ocean, are assessed by comparing delta13C records from the mid-depth North Atlantic, deep Southern Ocean, and deep equatorial Pacific Ocean. In general, the relative contribution of NADW was greater during interglaciations than glaciations of the past 550,000 years. An increase in the NADW flux to the Southern Ocean since the last glaciation was proposed to have resulted in higher atmospheric CO2 in the Holocene (Broecker and Peng, 1989, doi:10.1029/GB003i003p00215). Glacial-interglacial variations in the proportion of NADW in the Southern Ocean may have also influenced atmospheric CO2 levels over the past 550,000 years. The greatest relative flux of NADW to the Southern Ocean occurred during interglacial stage 11. Faunal data suggest that the North Atlantic polar front and southern Indian Ocean subtropical convergence zone were located farthest poleward during stage 11. Warmth in these locations and a strong southward flux of NADW during stage 11 may be causally linked by the NADW formation process/warm water return route (Gordon, 1986, doi:10.1029/JC091iC04p05037). Time series analysis indicates that delta13C variations in the deep Southern Ocean occur at the same frequencies as the Earth's orbital variations and are coherent and in phase with delta18O. At most, 50% of the glacial-interglacial delta13C amplitude in the Southern Ocean is due changes in the contribution of NADW. The remainder is probably due to mean ocean delta13C changes.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University (LDEO)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 1.053540 * Median Longitude: -55.599060 * South-bound Latitude: -25.490000 * West-bound Longitude: -171.200000 * North-bound Latitude: 56.042700 * East-bound Longitude: 11.307000
Date/Time Start: 1969-12-31T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1981-07-31T00:00:00
Event(s):
81-552A * Latitude: 56.042700 * Longitude: -23.231300 * Date/Time: 1981-07-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2301.0 m * Penetration: 183.5 m * Recovery: 182.3 m * Location: North Atlantic/PLATEAU * Campaign: Leg81 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 38 cores; 183.5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 99.4 % recovery
RC13-22 * Latitude: -0.168000 * Longitude: -171.200000 * Date/Time: 1969-12-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5316.0 m * Recovery: 15.01 m * Campaign: RC13 * Basis: Robert Conrad * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC)
RC13-229 * Latitude: -25.490000 * Longitude: 11.307000 * Date/Time: 1970-10-10T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4191.0 m * Recovery: 16.37 m * Campaign: RC13 * Basis: Robert Conrad * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Oppo, DW; Fairbanks, RG; Gordon, AL et al. (1990): (Table 2) Age model of DSDP Hole 81-552A in the North Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.264557
  2. Oppo, DW; Fairbanks, RG; Gordon, AL et al. (1990): (Table 2) Age model of sediment core KN07304-0003PC in the tropical Pacific. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.264559
  3. Oppo, DW; Fairbanks, RG; Gordon, AL et al. (1990): (Table 2) Age model of sediment core RC13-229 in the Cape Basin, Atlantic Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.264558
  4. Oppo, DW; Fairbanks, RG; Gordon, AL et al. (1990): (Table A1) Stable oxygen and carbon isotope ratios of Cibicidoides spp. in sediment core RC13-229 in the Cape Basin, Atlantic Ocean (specmap2.018). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.52401
  5. Oppo, DW; Fairbanks, RG; Gordon, AL et al. (1990): (Table A1) Stable oxygen and carbon isotope ratios of Uvigerina spp. in sediment core RC13-229 in the Cape Basin, Atlantic Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.52402