Zhang, Yi Ge; Ji, Jungfeng; Balsam, William L; Liu, Lianwen; Chen, Jun (2009): High resolution color reflectance and hematite and goethite record of ODP Hole 184-1143A in the South China Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712911, Supplement to: Zhang, Yi Ge; Ji, Jungfeng; Liu, Lianwen; Chen, Jun (2007): High resolution hematite and goethite records from ODP 1143, South China Sea: Co-evolution of monsoonal precipitation and El Niño over the past 600,000 years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 264(1-2), 136-150, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.022
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Abstract:
Precipitation has a larger variability than temperature in tropical monsoon regions, thus it is an important climate variable. However, reconstructions of long-term rainfall histories are scarce because of the lack of reliable proxies. Here we document that iron oxide minerals, specifically the ratio of hematite to goethite (Hm/Gt), is a reasonable precipitation proxy. Using diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry, we measured samples from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) 1143 drilling site (9°21.72'N, 113°17.11'E, 2777 m water depth) for hematite and goethite, whose formation processes are favored by opposing climate conditions. In order to determine the content of hematite and goethite we produced a set of calibration samples by removing the iron oxides to generate the natural matrix to which hematite and goethite in known percentages were added. From these calibration samples we developed a transfer function for determining hematite and goethite concentration from a sample's spectral reflectance. Applying this method to ODP 1143 sediments (top 34 m of a 510 m core with sampling interval of 10 cm) we were able to reconstruct a continuous precipitation history for SE Asia of the past 600 kyr using the Hm/Gt ratio as a proxy of the precipitation variability of Asian monsoon. The reliability of this Hm/Gt proxy is corroborated by its consistency with the stalagmite delta18O data from South China. Comparing long-term Hm/Gt records with the surface temperature gradient of equatorial Pacific Ocean, we found that monsoon precipitation and El Niño are correlated for the last 600 kyr. The development of El Niño-like conditions decreased SE Asia precipitation, whereas precipitation increases in response to La Niña intensification
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
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Latitude: 9.361980 * Longitude: 113.285030
Date/Time Start: 1999-03-03T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-03-06T23:45:00
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184-1143A * Latitude: 9.361980 * Longitude: 113.285030 * Date/Time Start: 1999-03-03T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-03-06T23:45:00 * Elevation: -2771.0 m * Penetration: 400 m * Recovery: 377.88 m * Location: South China Sea * Campaign: Leg184 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 44 cores; 400 m cored; 0 m drilled; 94.5 % recovery
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- Zhang, YG; Ji, J; Balsam, WL et al. (2007): (Appendix A) Hematite, goethite concentrations, reflectance in color bands and total reflectance of samples from ODP Hole 184-1143A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712909
- Zhang, YG; Ji, J; Balsam, WL et al. (2007): (Table 1) Hematite, goethite concentrations, reflectance in color bands and total reflectance of the calibration sample set from ODP Hole 184-1143A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712908