Pailler, Delphine; Bard, Edouard; Rostek, Frauke; Zheng, Y; Mortlock, Richard A; van Geen, Alexander (2002): Concentrations of authigenic metals, organic carbon and alkenones of sediment core MD90-963 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.736090, Supplement to: Pailler, D et al. (2002): Burial of redox-sensitive metals and organic matter in the equatorial Indian Ocean linked to precession. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66(5), 849-865, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00817-1
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Published: 2002 (exact date unknown) • DOI registered: 2010-05-19
Abstract:
Authigenic metals (uranium, cadmium, and molybdenum), organic carbon (OC) and total C37 alkenone (totC37) concentrations were measured for the last 350 kyr in core MD900963, located in the eastern equatorial Arabian Sea. Authigenic metal concentrations on a carbonate-free basis range between 1 and 17 ppm, 0.5 and 6 ppm, and 0.5 and 4 ppm for U, Cd, and Mo, respectively. The profiles are characterized by well-defined 23 kyr cycles between oxic and mildly suboxic conditions. The redox-sensitive metal profiles also follow variations in the concentrations of OC (0.2-0.9%) and alkenones (0.2-6.7 ppm). The coupled variations in inorganic and organic constituents are attributed to a 23-kyr cycle in primary production above site MD900963, as suggested by clear correlations with independent micropaleontologic proxies (primary productivity indices based on foraminifera and coccoliths and fragmentation of foraminiferal shells). The 23-kyr cycles do appear to be primarily driven by productivity rather than changes in bottom water oxygen. Comparison with other records indicates that if this interpretation is correct, productivity variations across much of the Indian Ocean have been dominated by precessional forcing, with high productivity in phase with low summer insolation in the Northern Hemisphere. This interpretation contrasts with the traditional attribution of enhanced productivity in the Indian Ocean with periods of high summer insolation.
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Latitude: 5.040000 * Longitude: 73.530000
Date/Time Start: 1990-09-12T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1990-09-12T00:00:00
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MD90-963 (GS900963) * Latitude: 5.040000 * Longitude: 73.530000 * Date/Time: 1990-09-12T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2446.0 m * Recovery: 53.6 m * Campaign: MD65 (SEYMAMA/SHIVA) * Basis: Marion Dufresne (1972) * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC)
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- Pailler, D; Bard, E; Rostek, F et al. (2002): (Table 2) Concentrations of U, Th, Mo and Ca for core MD90-963. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.77180
- Pailler, D; Bard, E; Rostek, F et al. (2002): (Table 3) Concentrations of total C37 alkenones and TOC of core MD90-963. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.77181