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Singh, Arun Deo; Jung, Simon J A; Darling, Kate F; Ganeshram, Raja S; Ivanochko, Tara S; Kroon, Dick (2011): (Table S1) Age determination of sediment cores SK99_17 and MD76-131 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.829978, Supplement to: Singh, AD et al. (2011): Productivity collapses in the Arabian Sea during glacial cold phases. Paleoceanography, 26(3), PA3210, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009PA001923

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Abstract:
Productivity in the Arabian Sea is one of the highest in the world. It is controlled by seasonally reversing monsoonal wind-driven upwelling of nutrient-rich deeper waters which fuel phytoplankton growth. The detailed history of upwelling-induced productivity in the eastern Arabian Sea is unknown. Here we present paleoproductivity records from a composite sediment core at the millennial scale during the last 80 kyr B.P. These records are based on relative abundance counts of planktonic foraminifera and organic carbon contents, which are shown to mainly vary in concert. The eastern Arabian Sea upwelling-induced productivity was higher in the glacial period than in the Holocene, but it fell repeatedly on millennial timescales. These productivity declines occurred during cold events in the North Atlantic region, with the most pronounced changes prevailing during the Heinrich events. Hence, seasonal monsoon winds that drive upwelling-induced productivity in the east were weak when the North Atlantic was cold. These weak winds resulted in stratification of the water column, comparable to today's Arabian Sea stratification in the intermonsoonal period. Combining the new eastern with published western Arabian Sea results shows that the entire biological factory was severely diminished during the North Atlantic Heinrich events, and the seasonal productivity change in the Arabian Sea monsoon system was reduced with year-round low productivity.
Related to:
Ivanochko, Tara S (2005): Sub-orbital variations in the intensity of the Arabian Sea monsoon. Ph.D. thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K., 230 pp
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 15.390000 * Median Longitude: 72.767485 * South-bound Latitude: 15.250000 * West-bound Longitude: 72.568300 * North-bound Latitude: 15.530000 * East-bound Longitude: 72.966670
Date/Time Start: 1976-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1976-01-01T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.015 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 4.690 m
Event(s):
MD76-131  * Latitude: 15.530000 * Longitude: 72.568300 * Date/Time: 1976-01-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1230.0 m * Recovery: 9.5 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Campaign: MD10 (OSIRIS II) * Basis: Marion Dufresne (1972) * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC)
SK99_17 (SK17)  * Latitude: 15.250000 * Longitude: 72.966670 * Elevation: -640.0 m * Location: Indian Ocean * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
Comment:
Ages of MD76-131 adopted from Ivanochkov (2005).
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Event labelEvent
DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmGeocode
Age, datedAge datedkaSingh, Arun DeoAge, 14C AMS
Age, dated standard deviationAge dated std dev±Singh, Arun DeoAge, 14C AMS
Calendar ageCal ageka BPSingh, Arun DeoAge, 14C calibrated
Size:
102 data points

Data

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Event

Depth sed [m]

Age dated [ka]

Age dated std dev [±]

Cal age [ka BP]
SK99_17 0.0151.5240.0680.875
SK99_170.3252.4410.0451.856
SK99_170.4052.9600.0452.498
SK99_170.4653.3340.0462.922
SK99_170.5053.4940.0463.149
SK99_170.5453.9080.0463.634
SK99_170.6054.0930.0473.875
SK99_170.6654.6880.0474.694
SK99_170.7054.7750.0484.800
SK99_170.7455.1460.0525.302
SK99_170.7655.1210.0485.269
SK99_170.8055.1720.0495.340
SK99_170.9056.8730.0527.216
SK99_171.0107.6890.0547.949
SK99_171.1708.4510.0588.764
SK99_171.2508.8850.0599.240
SK99_171.69010.0680.06110.657
SK99_171.93010.7710.06511.668
SK99_172.09011.6390.07012.983
SK99_172.37012.5900.14213.936
SK99_172.61012.8030.08714.171
SK99_173.21015.6780.09917.939
SK99_173.81018.8700.13221.610
SK99_174.17021.0500.15223.740
SK99_174.33021.9100.22123.886
SK99_174.69025.5600.23129.168
MD76-131 0.0904.1460.3503.986
MD76-1310.68010.1420.36010.781
MD76-1311.03011.2460.39012.632
MD76-1311.40012.7990.44014.211
MD76-1311.54012.4050.39013.647
MD76-1311.74014.1180.41016.173
MD76-1312.04015.4250.65017.681
MD76-1313.60024.7320.86028.410