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Schmidt, Matthew W; Spero, Howard J; Lea, David W (2004): Stable oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca ratios of planktonic foraminifera from the Caribbean and North Atlantic [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.716696, Supplement to: Schmidt, MW et al. (2004): Links between salinity variation in the Caribbean and North Atlantic thermohaline circulation. Nature, 428, 160-163, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02346

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Published: 2004 (exact date unknown) • DOI registered: 2009-06-24

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Abstract:
Variations in the strength of the North Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation have been linked to rapid climate changes during the last glacial cycle through oscillations in North Atlantic Deep Water formation and northward oceanic heat flux. The strength of the thermohaline circulation depends on the supply of warm, salty water to the North Atlantic, which, after losing heat to the atmosphere, produces the dense water masses that sink to great depths and circulate back south. Here we analyse two Caribbean Sea sediment cores, combining Mg/Ca palaeothermometry with measurements of oxygen isotopes in foraminiferal calcite in order to reconstruct tropical Atlantic surface salinity during the last glacial cycle. We find that Caribbean salinity oscillated between saltier conditions during the cold oxygen isotope stages 2, 4 and 6, and lower salinities during the warm stages 3 and 5, covarying with the strength of North Atlantic Deep Water formation. At the initiation of the Bølling/Allerød warm interval, Caribbean surface salinity decreased abruptly, suggesting that the advection of salty tropical waters into the North Atlantic amplified thermohaline circulation and contributed to high-latitude warming.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 12.338500 * Median Longitude: -78.709650 * South-bound Latitude: 11.933000 * West-bound Longitude: -78.739300 * North-bound Latitude: 12.744000 * East-bound Longitude: -78.680000
Date/Time Start: 1971-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-01-14T23:15:00
Event(s):
165-999A * Latitude: 12.744000 * Longitude: -78.739300 * Date/Time Start: 1996-01-10T19:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-01-14T23:15:00 * Elevation: -2828.0 m * Penetration: 566.1 m * Recovery: 534.83 m * Location: Caribbean Sea * Campaign: Leg165 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 61 core; 566.1 m cored; 0 m drilled; 94.5 % recovery
V28-122 (also published as VM28-122) * Latitude: 11.933000 * Longitude: -78.680000 * Date/Time: 1971-01-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3623.0 m * Recovery: 8.2 m * Campaign: V28 * Basis: Vema * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC)
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Schmidt, MW; Spero, HJ; Lea, DW (2004): (Table SI-1) Age determination of ODP Hole 165-999A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.716679
  2. Schmidt, MW; Spero, HJ; Lea, DW (2004): (Table SI-2) Stable oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerinoides ruber from ODP Hole 165-999A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.716694
  3. Schmidt, MW; Spero, HJ; Lea, DW (2004): (Table SI-1) Age determination of sediment core V28-122. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.716693
  4. Schmidt, MW; Spero, HJ; Lea, DW (2004): (Table SI-2) Stable oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerinoides ruber from sediment core V28-122. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.716695