Kawagata, Shungo; Hayward, Bruce William; Kuhnt, Wolfgang (2007): Benthic foraminifera in Pliocene-Pleistocene sediments of the South China Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742738, Supplement to: Kawagata, S et al. (2007): Extinction of deep-sea foraminifera as a result of Pliocene–Pleistocene deep-sea circulation changes in the South China Sea (ODP Sites 1143 and 1146). Quaternary Science Reviews, 26(5-6), 808-827, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.10.011
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Abstract:
During the Late Pliocene-Middle Pleistocene, 56 species and 15 genera of elongate, cylindrical benthic foraminifera disappeared from the deep sea in the South China Sea (ODP Sites 1143 and 1146) as part of the last global extinction in the deep sea. This extinction group (Ext. Gp) exhibited a pulsed decline in abundance and species richness mostly during glacials, and often associated with periods of expansion of polar ice that resulted from increased cooling of the Earth's climate since ~2.5 Ma, particularly during the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition (MPT, 1.2-0.6 Ma). We infer that the Ext. Gp decline in abundance and disappearance was a result of the increased glacial cooling and consequent increased ventilation of the deep-sea water masses. The detailed record of withdrawal of the Ext. Gp differs between the two sites, with far more disappearances occurring prior to the MPT in the deeper Site 1143 (2772 m) than in the shallower Site 1146 (2092 m). The Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene declines in deeper parts of the South China Sea (Site 1143) may have resulted from enhanced glacial production of deep, southern-sourced water passing over the sill into the basin from the North-west Pacific. During the MPT however, the Ext. Gp declines and disappearances were of similar timing and magnitude in both sites, implying that both were influenced by the same deep-water mass during glacials at this time. This could have been North Pacific Deep Water, which many workers infer was formed in the northern Pacific during the last glacial, and may have begun forming during MPT glacials, in association with the progressively enhanced cooling of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 14.409317 * Median Longitude: 114.779025 * South-bound Latitude: 9.361933 * West-bound Longitude: 113.285133 * North-bound Latitude: 19.456700 * East-bound Longitude: 116.272917
Date/Time Start: 1999-03-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-03-29T00:00:00
Event(s):
184-1143 * Latitude: 9.361933 * Longitude: 113.285133 * Date/Time Start: 1999-03-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-03-10T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2772.3 m * Penetration: 1158.2 m * Recovery: 1101.8 m * Location: South China Sea * Campaign: Leg184 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 126 cores; 1158.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 95.1% recovery
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
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- Kawagata, S; Hayward, BW; Kuhnt, W (2007): (Appendix A1) Distribution of benthic foraminifera in ODP Site 184-1143. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742736
- Kawagata, S; Hayward, BW; Kuhnt, W (2007): (Appendix A2) Distribution of benthic foraminifera in ODP Site 184-1146. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742737