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Ford, Heather L; Ravelo, Ana Christina; Polissar, Pratigya J (2015): Individual foraminifera variability from the western and eastern equatorial Pacific during the Late Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841638, Supplement to: Ford, HL et al. (2015): Reduced El Nino-Southern Oscillation during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science, 347(6219), 255-258, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1258437

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Abstract:
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a major source of global interannual variability, but its response to climate change is uncertain. Paleoclimate records from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) provide insight into ENSO behavior when global boundary conditions (ice sheet extent, atmospheric partial pressure of CO2) were different from those today. In this work, we reconstruct LGM temperature variability at equatorial Pacific sites using measurements of individual planktonic foraminifera shells. A deep equatorial thermocline altered the dynamics in the eastern equatorial cold tongue, resulting in reduced ENSO variability during the LGM compared to the Late Holocene. These results suggest that ENSO was not tied directly to the east-west temperature gradient, as previously suggested. Rather, the thermocline of the eastern equatorial Pacific played a decisive role in the ENSO response to LGM climate.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 0.251025 * Median Longitude: -155.579355 * South-bound Latitude: 0.183050 * West-bound Longitude: 159.361000 * North-bound Latitude: 0.319000 * East-bound Longitude: -110.519710
Date/Time Start: 1990-02-17T20:45:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-06-07T23:25:00
Event(s):
130-806A * Latitude: 0.319000 * Longitude: 159.361000 * Date/Time Start: 1990-02-17T20:45:00 * Date/Time End: 1990-02-18T21:00:00 * Elevation: -2520.7 m * Penetration: 83.7 m * Recovery: 85.95 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg130 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 9 cores; 83.7 m cored; 0 m drilled; 102.7 % recovery
138-849A * Latitude: 0.183050 * Longitude: -110.519710 * Date/Time Start: 1991-06-07T15:49:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-06-07T23:25:00 * Elevation: -3837.1 m * Penetration: 8.7 m * Recovery: 8.69 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg138 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 1 core; 8.7 m cored; 0 m drilled; 99.9 % recovery
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Ford, HL; Ravelo, AC; Polissar, PJ (2015): (Table S1) Individual Globigerinoides sacculifer temperature values at ODP Hole 130-806A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841630
  2. Ford, HL; Ravelo, AC; Polissar, PJ (2015): (Table S1) Individual Globorotalia tumida temperature values at ODP Hole 130-806A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841636
  3. Ford, HL; Ravelo, AC; Polissar, PJ (2015): (Table S1) Individual Globigerinoides sacculifer temperature values at ODP Hole 138-849A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841631
  4. Ford, HL; Ravelo, AC; Polissar, PJ (2015): (Table S1) Individual Globorotalia tumida temperature values at ODP Hole 138-849A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841637