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Barrera, Enriqueta C; Huber, Brian T (1991): Paleogene and early Neogene stable isotope record of foraminifera from ODP Leg 119 samples [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758193, Supplement to: Barrera, EC; Huber, BT (1991): Paleogene and early Neogene oceanography of the southern Indian Ocean: Leg 119 foraminifer stable isotope results. In: Barron, J; Larsen, B; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 119, 693-717, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.119.167.1991

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Abstract:
Oxygen and carbon isotopic records of monogeneric and monospecific benthic and planktonic foraminifer samples from Sites 744 and 738 drilled on the southern end of the Kerguelen Plateau during ODP Leg 119 reveal the evolution of polar Indian Ocean water masses from the early Paleocene to the middle Miocene. Results from Site 738 are from sediments of early Paleocene to late Eocene age and those from Site 744 are late Eocene to middle Miocene. They suggest that intermediate waters at this location did not originate in the high latitudes during the early Eocene. Surface and near-surface waters cooled gradually after the maximum warming at 56 Ma, when surface waters were about 18°C. Intermediate waters cooled after 52 Ma. The highest temperatures (lowest d18O values) of the Cenozoic occurred from 56 to 52 Ma. The records of equatorial Pacific Site 577 and Weddell Sea Site 690 resemble that of the polar Indian Ocean in this interval. The well-documented d13C excursions toward positive values in the late Paleocene and negative values in the early Eocene are represented by foraminifers increases of 1.5 per mil and following decreases of about 3 per mil.
Most of the cooling in the Paleogene occurred in the middle and late Eocene. A 2°C decrease of surface water at about 38.4 Ma heralded the beginning of extensive glacial conditions in Antarctica in the early Oligocene. At Site 744, the global d18O shift just above the Eocene/Oligocene boundary is 1.15 per mil, and occurred gradually in sediments dated at 36.5-35.9 Ma. Ice-rafted debris was deposited beginning at 36.1 Ma for about the next 2 m.y. This simultaneous occurrence of the global d18O shift with ice-rafted debris is evidence for early Oligocene glaciation in East Antarctica. Moreover, early and late Oligocene Cibicidoides d18O values between 2 and 2.2 per mil indicate intermediate water cooling and a small ice-volume effect.
Production of cold dense bottom water in Antarctica was intensified with continental cooling and glaciation in the early Oligocene. Comparison of Oligocene and early Miocene isotopic data from high-latitude and low-latitude deepsea sites indicates that there were probably at least two sources of bottom waters at this time.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -62.031000 * Median Longitude: 81.472120 * South-bound Latitude: -62.709000 * West-bound Longitude: 80.595000 * North-bound Latitude: -61.579000 * East-bound Longitude: 82.787800
Date/Time Start: 1988-01-10T16:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-02-07T06:30:00
Event(s):
119-738B * Latitude: -62.709000 * Longitude: 82.787800 * Date/Time Start: 1988-01-10T16:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-01-11T18:45:00 * Elevation: -2263.0 m * Penetration: 214.3 m * Recovery: 170.85 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg119 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 24 cores; 214.3 m cored; 0 m drilled; 79.7 % recovery
119-738C * Latitude: -62.709000 * Longitude: 82.787800 * Date/Time Start: 1988-01-11T18:45:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-01-17T05:00:00 * Elevation: -2263.0 m * Penetration: 533.8 m * Recovery: 146.03 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg119 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 35 cores; 337.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 43.3 % recovery
119-744A * Latitude: -61.579000 * Longitude: 80.595000 * Date/Time Start: 1988-02-05T19:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-02-06T19:15:00 * Elevation: -2318.0 m * Penetration: 176.1 m * Recovery: 144.91 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg119 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 20 cores; 176.1 m cored; 0 m drilled; 82.3 % recovery
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  1. Barrera, EC; Huber, BT (1991): (Table 3) Oxygen and carbon isotope ratios of foraminifera from ODP Hole 119-738B. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758190
  2. Barrera, EC; Huber, BT (1991): (Table 4) Oxygen and carbon isotope ratios of foraminifera from ODP Hole 119-738C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758191
  3. Barrera, EC; Huber, BT (1991): (Table 7) Carbonat content of ODP Hole 119-744A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758192
  4. Barrera, EC; Huber, BT (1991): (Table 2) Oxygen and carbon isotope ratios of foraminifera from ODP Hole 119-744A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758187
  5. Barrera, EC; Huber, BT (1991): (Table 1) Oxygen and carbon isotope ratios of benthic foraminifera from ODP Hole 119-744B. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758186