PLEISTOCENE delta C-13 VARIABILITY OF NORTH ATLANTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER

被引:66
作者
deMenocal, Peter B. [1 ]
Oppo, Delia W. [1 ]
Fairbanks, Richard G. [1 ]
Prell, Warren L. [2 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Geol Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
[2] Brown Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Providence, RI 02912 USA
来源
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY | 1992年 / 7卷 / 02期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1029/92PA00420
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Variations in the stable isotopic composition of benthic foraminifera from Deep-Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) site 502B in the Caribbean Sea are used to reconstruct Atlantic intermediate water circulation variability over the last 1.2 m.y. Comparison of this record with other North Atlantic benthic isotope records indicates that Atlantic intermediate water circulation was relatively enhanced during glacial maxima when North Atlantic deep water (NADW) production was reduced. However, a simple, compensatory relationship between intermediate and deepwater circulation is not apparent. Geochemical models have shown that such changes in ocean circulation can affect atmospheric CO2 levels by changing vertical nutrient and alkalinity profiles. The Delta delta C-13 difference between Caribbean site 502B and deep equatorial Pacific site 677 is highly coherent and in phase with ice volume. Like the delta O-18 record, there is an increase in amplitude (40%) and a large increase in 100 kyr power after 0.7 Ma. The 1.2 parts per thousand Delta delta C-13 amplitude scales to 70 ppmV in atmospheric CO2 using Boyle's (1986) box model result. The implied increase in CO2 amplitude after 0.7 Ma may suggest a positive feedback role in effecting the higher-amplitude climatic fluctuations which characterize the last 0.7 m.y.
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