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Holbourn, Ann E; Kuhnt, Wolfgang; Schulz, Michael; Erlenkeuser, Helmut (2005): Geochemistry and stable isotope record of benthic foraminifera of Miocene sediments [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738246, Supplement to: Holbourn, AE et al. (2005): Impacts of orbital forcing and atmospheric carbon dioxide on Miocene ice-sheet expansion. Nature, 438, 483-487, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04123

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Abstract:
The processes causing the middle Miocene global cooling, which marked the Earth's final transition into an 'icehouse' climate about 13.9 million years ago (Myr ago) (Flower and Kennett, 1993, doi:10.1029/93PA02196; 1995 doi:10.1029/95PA02022; Miller et al., 1991, doi:10.1029/90JB0201; Zachos et al., 2001, doi:10.1126/science.1059412), remain enigmatic. Tectonically driven circulation changes (Kennett, 1977, doi:10.1029/JC082i027p03843); Woodruff and Savin, 1991, doi:10.1029/91PA02561) and variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels (Raymo and Ruddimann, 1992, doi:10.1038/359117a0; Vincent and Berger, 1985) have been suggested as driving mechanisms, but the lack of adequately preserved sedimentary successions has made rigorous testing of these hypotheses difficult. Here we present high-resolution climate proxy records, covering the period from 14.7 to 12.7 million years ago, from two complete sediment cores from the northwest and southeast subtropical Pacific Ocean. Using new chronologies through the correlation to the latest orbital model (Laskar et al., 2004, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041335), we find relatively constant, low summer insolation over Antarctica coincident with declining atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the time of Antarctic ice-sheet expansion and global cooling, suggesting a causal link. We surmise that the thermal isolation of Antarctica played a role in providing sustained long-term climatic boundary conditions propitious for ice-sheet formation. Our data document that Antarctic glaciation was rapid, taking place within two obliquity cycles, and coincided with a striking transition from obliquity to eccentricity as the drivers of climatic change.
Project(s):
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)
Institute for Geosciences, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel (GIK/IfG)
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -0.808281 * Median Longitude: -148.099083 * South-bound Latitude: -16.007017 * West-bound Longitude: 116.272917 * North-bound Latitude: 19.456700 * East-bound Longitude: -76.378083
Date/Time Start: 1999-03-21T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-04-26T00:00:00
Event(s):
184-1146 * Latitude: 19.456700 * Longitude: 116.272917 * Date/Time Start: 1999-03-21T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-03-29T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2091.5 m * Penetration: 1455.6 m * Recovery: 1451.7 m * Location: South China Sea * Campaign: Leg184 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 153 cores; 1450.6 m cored; 5 m drilled; 100.1% recovery
202-1237 * Latitude: -16.007017 * Longitude: -76.378083 * Date/Time: 2002-04-26T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3212.3 m * Penetration: 896.2 m * Recovery: 771 m * Location: South Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg202 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 79 cores; 744.7 m cored; 151.5 m drilled; 103.5 % recovery
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Holbourn, AE; Kuhnt, W; Schulz, M et al. (2005): (Table S3) Age model of ODP Site 184-1146. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.341128
  2. Holbourn, AE; Kuhnt, W; Schulz, M et al. (2005): (Table S1) Comparison of ages for ODP Site 184-1146 biostratigraphic datums. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738244
  3. Holbourn, AE; Kuhnt, W; Schulz, M et al. (2005): Stable isotope ratios measured on benthic foraminifera Planulina wuellerstorfi and Cibicidoides mundulus at ODP Site 184-1146. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.340849
  4. Holbourn, AE; Kuhnt, W; Schulz, M et al. (2005): (Table S4) Age model of ODP Site 202-1237. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.341130
  5. Holbourn, AE; Kuhnt, W; Schulz, M et al. (2005): Stable isotope ratios measured on benthic foraminifera Planulina wuellerstorfi and Cibicidoides mundulus at ODP Site 202-1237. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.340903
  6. Holbourn, AE; Kuhnt, W; Schulz, M et al. (2005): (Table S2) Comparison of ages for ODP Site 202-1237 magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic datums. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738245
  7. Holbourn, AE; Kuhnt, W; Schulz, M et al. (2005): Elemental raw data, analysed with XRF core scanner on ODP Site 202-1237. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.341127