Brown, Rachel E; Anderson, Linda Davis; Thomas, Ellen; Zachos, James C (2011): B/Ca ratios of benthic foraminifera [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788604, Supplement to: Brown, RE et al. (2011): A core-top calibration of B/Ca in the benthic foraminifers Nuttallides umbonifera and Oridorsalis umbonatus: A proxy for Cenozoic bottom water carbonate saturation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 310(3-4), 360-368, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.023
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Abstract:
We present modern B/Ca core-top calibrations for the epifaunal benthic foraminifer Nuttallides umbonifera and the infaunal Oridorsalis umbonatus to test whether B/Ca values in these species can be used for the reconstruction of paleo-D[[CO3]2-]. O. umbonatus originated in the Late Cretaceous and remains extant, whereas N. umbonifera originated in the Eocene and is the closest extant relative to Nuttallides truempyi, which ranges from the Late Cretaceous through the Eocene. We measured B/Ca in both species in 35 Holocene sediment samples from the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern Oceans. B/Ca values in epifaunal N. umbonifera (~ 85-175 µmol/mol) are consistently lower than values reported for epifaunal Cibicidoides (Cibicides) wuellerstorfi (130-250 µmol/mol), though the sensitivity of D[[CO3]2-] on B/Ca in N. umbonifera (1.23 ± 0.15) is similar to that in C. wuellerstorfi (1.14 ± 0.048). In addition, we show that B/Ca values of paired N. umbonifera and its extinct ancestor, N. truempyi, from Eocene cores are indistinguishable within error. In contrast, both the B/Ca (35-85 µmol/mol) and sensitivity to D[[CO3]2-] (0.29 ± 0.20) of core-top O. umbonatus are considerably lower (as in other infaunal species), and this offset extends into the Paleocene. Thus the B/Ca of N. umbonifera and its ancestor can be used to reconstruct bottom water D[[CO3]2?], whereas O. umbonatus B/Ca appears to be buffered by porewater [[CO3]2-] and suited for constraining long-term drift in seawater B/Ca.
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Date/Time Start: 1961-02-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2003-04-15T00:00:00
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- Brown, RE; Anderson, LD; Thomas, E et al. (2011): (Table S4) B/Ca ratios in co-occurring Eocene benthic foraminifera. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788598
- Brown, RE; Anderson, LD; Thomas, E et al. (2011): (Table S3) B/Ca ratios Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi from Holocene sediments. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788595
- Brown, RE; Anderson, LD; Thomas, E et al. (2011): (Table S1) B/Ca ratios and stable isotope record of Nuttallides umbonifera from Holocene sediments. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788592
- Brown, RE; Anderson, LD; Thomas, E et al. (2011): (Table S2) B/Ca ratios Oridorsalis umbonatus from Holocene sediments. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788593