Loubere, Paul; Fariduddin, Mohammad; Murray, Richard W (2003): Paleoproductivity reconstruction for the eastern equatorial Pacific [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841792, Supplement to: Loubere, P et al. (2003): Patterns of export production in the eastern equatorial Pacific over the past 130,000 years. Paleoceanography, 18(2), 1028, https://doi.org/10.1029/2001PA000658
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Abstract:
Productivity at six core locations in the eastern equatorial Pacific (EEP) was reconstructed with a benthic foraminiferal transfer function. The core records show strong regionality, especially where affected by Peru margin upwelling of deeper Equatorial Undercurrent Water (EUC) (originally coming from the subantarctic). This "Peru margin" record differs from that seen along the equator where divergence leads to shallow upwelling, and it is generally inverse to that seen in cores outside the areas of equatorial upwelling. Principal components analysis shows that the main productivity pattern correlates well to the global oxygen isotope record and has lowest values during isotope stages 2 and 4. In addition to this, equatorial cores show a higher frequency pattern of variation which becomes much more pronounced during MIS 3 and 2. The reconstructions based on benthic foraminifera were tested against those from nonaccumulation rate based inorganic chemical proxies of export production. These were found to correlate well in the region influenced by Peru upwelling, and also to share common features for sites along the equator. All the nonaccumulation rate based paleotracers are consistent with one another and differ from accumulation rate derived proxies. The differences between the two classes of paleotracers may result from uncertainties in calculating actual biogenic fluxes since 230Th-normalized results conform more to those we obtained. Analysis of planktonic carbon isotope values for the EEP, and their comparison to the record of the Pacific subantarctic, indicates that the subantarctic contribution to the EUC was reduced during MIS 3 and 2.
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Median Latitude: -8.474066 * Median Longitude: -84.901004 * South-bound Latitude: -16.443000 * West-bound Longitude: -106.935000 * North-bound Latitude: 0.100000 * East-bound Longitude: -77.563000
Date/Time Start: 1963-04-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-05-24T06:08:00
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- Loubere, P; Fariduddin, M; Murray, RW (2005): (Table 6) Individual records of paleoproductivity for eastern equatorial Pacific sediment cores. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841791
- Loubere, P; Fariduddin, M; Murray, RW (2003): (Table 2) Isotopic stratigraphy and age dating for sediment cores Y69-71P and Y71-06-12. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841790