Holbourn, Ann E; Kuhnt, Wolfgang; Clemens, Steven C; Prell, Warren L; Andersen, Nils (2013): Middle to late Miocene stable isotope record of benthic foraminifera from ODP Site 184-1146 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.825480, Supplement to: Holbourn, AE et al. (2013): Middle to late Miocene stepwise climate cooling: Evidence from a high-resolution deep water isotope curve spanning 8 million years. Paleoceanography, 28, 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013PA002538
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Abstract:
We present high-resolution (2-3 kyr) benthic foraminiferal stable isotopes in a continuous, well-preserved sedimentary archive from the West Pacific Ocean (Ocean Drilling Program Site 1146), which track climate evolution in unprecedented resolution over the period 12.9 to 8.4 Ma. We developed an astronomically tuned chronology over this interval and integrated our new records with published isotope data from the same location to reconstruct long-term climate and ocean circulation development between 16.4 and 8.4 Ma. This extended perspective reveals that the long eccentricity (400 kyr) cycle is prominently encoded in the d13C signal over most of the record, reflecting long-term fluctuations in the carbon cycle. The d18O signal closely follows variations in short eccentricity (100 kyr) and obliquity (41 kyr). In particular, the obliquity cycle is prominent from ~14.6 to 14.1 Ma and from ~9.8 to 9.2 Ma, when high-amplitude variability in obliquity is congruent with low-amplitude variability in short eccentricity. The d18O curve is additionally characterized by a series of incremental steps at ~14.6, 13.9, 13.1, 10.6, 9.9, and 9.0 Ma, which we attribute to progressive deep water cooling and/or glaciation episodes following the end of the Miocene climatic optimum. On the basis of d18O amplitudes, we find that climate variability decreased substantially after ~13 Ma, except for a remarkable warming episode at ~10.8-10.7 Ma at peak insolation during eccentricity maxima (100 and 400 kyr). This transient warming, associated with a massive negative carbon isotope shift, is reminiscent of intense global warming events at eccentricity maxima during the Miocene climatic optimum.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
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Latitude: 19.456700 * Longitude: 116.272917
Date/Time Start: 1999-03-21T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-03-29T00:00:00
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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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- Holbourn, AE; Kuhnt, W; Clemens, SC et al. (2013): Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of benthic foraminifera from ODP Site 184-1146. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.825478
- Holbourn, AE; Kuhnt, W; Clemens, SC et al. (2013): (Table 1) Revised splice tie points of ODP Site 184-1146. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.825479