Edgar, Kirsty M; Pälike, Heiko; Wilson, Paul A (2013): Benthic foraminiferal stable isotope record for the equatorial Pacific [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819277, Supplement to: Edgar, KM et al. (2013): Testing the impact of diagenesis on the d18O and d13C of benthic foraminiferal calcite from a sediment burial depth transect in the equatorial pacific. Paleoceanography, 28(3), 468-480, https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20045
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Stable oxygen and carbon isotope (d18O and d13C) values measured in foraminiferal calcite are one of the primary tools used in paleoceanography. Diagenetic recrystallization of foraminiferal calcite can act to reset primary isotopic values, but its effects are typically poorly quantified. Here we test the impact of early stage diagenesis on stable isotope records generated from a suite of drill sites in the equatorial Pacific Ocean recovered during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 199 and Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 320. Our selected sites form paleowater and burial depth transects, with excellent stratigraphic control allowing us to confidently correlate our records. We observe large intersite differences in the preservation state of benthic foraminiferal calcite, implying very different recrystallization histories, but negligible intersite offsets in benthic d18O and d13C values. We infer that diagenetic alteration of benthic foraminiferal calcite (in sedimentary oozes) must predominantly occur at shallow burial depths (<100 m) where offsets in both the temperature and isotopic composition of waters in which the foraminifera calcified and pore waters in which diagenesis occurs are small. Our results suggest that even extensive recrystallization of benthic foraminiferal calcite results in minimal shifts from primary d18O and d13C values. This finding supports the long-held suspicion that diagenetic alteration of foraminiferal calcite is less problematic in benthic than in planktic foraminifera and that in deep-sea sediments routinely employed for paleoceanographic studies benthic foraminifera are robust recorders of stable isotope values in the fossil record.
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Median Latitude: 10.059046 * Median Longitude: -139.122730 * South-bound Latitude: 7.800230 * West-bound Longitude: -142.161000 * North-bound Latitude: 12.068000 * East-bound Longitude: -131.973000
Date/Time Start: 2001-11-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2001-11-23T00:00:00
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- Edgar, KM; Pälike, H; Wilson, PA (2013): (Table S1) Benthic foraminiferal stable isotope record for ODP Site 199-1219. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819272
- Edgar, KM; Pälike, H; Wilson, PA (2013): (Table S2) Benthic foraminiferal stable isotope record for IODP Site 320-U1331. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819273
- Edgar, KM; Pälike, H; Wilson, PA (2013): (Table S3) Benthic foraminiferal stable isotope record for IODP Site 320-U1332. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819274
- Edgar, KM; Pälike, H; Wilson, PA (2013): (Table S4) Benthic foraminiferal stable isotope record for IODP Site 320-U1333. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819275
- Edgar, KM; Pälike, H; Wilson, PA (2013): (Table S5) Benthic foraminiferal stable isotope record for IODP Site 320-U1334. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819276