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Rincón-Martínez, Daniel; Steph, Silke; Lamy, Frank; Mix, Alan C; Tiedemann, Ralf (2011): (Table 1) Planktonic foraminifera counts and stable oxygen isotope ratios of Pacific Ocean surface sediments. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.774728, Supplement to: Rincón-Martínez, D et al. (2011): Tracking the equatorial front in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean by the isotopic and faunal composition of planktonic foraminifera. Marine Micropaleontology, 79(1-2), 24-40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2011.01.001

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Abstract:
Core-top samples from the eastern tropical Pacific (10°N to 20°S) were used to test whether the ratio between Globorotalia menardii cultrata and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei abundance (Rc/d) and the oxygen isotope composition (?18O) of planktonic foraminifera can be used as proxies for the latitudinal position of the Equatorial Front. Specifically, this study compares the ?18O values of eight species of planktonic foraminifera (Globigerinoides ruber sensu stricto (ss) and sensu lato (sl), Globigerinoides sacculifer, Globigerinoides triloba, Pulleniatina obliquiloculata, Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, Globorotalia menardii menardii, Globorotalia menardii cultrata and Globorotalia tumida) with the seasonal hydrography of the region, and evaluates the application of each species or combination of species for paleoceanographic reconstructions. The results are consistent with sea surface temperature and water column stratification patterns. We found that in samples north of 1°N, the Rc/d values tend to be higher and d18O values of G. ruber, G. sacculifer, G. triloba, P. obliquiloculata, N. dutertrei, and G. menardii cultrata tend to be lower than those from samples located south of 1°N. We suggest that the combined use of Rc/d and the d18O difference between G. ruber and G. tumida or between P. obliquiloculata and G. tumida are the most suitable tools for reconstructing changes in the latitudinal position of the Equatorial Front and changes in the thermal stratification of the upper water column in the eastern tropical Pacific.
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: -4.285228 * Median Longitude: -87.800298 * South-bound Latitude: -20.770000 * West-bound Longitude: -102.575000 * North-bound Latitude: 9.588000 * East-bound Longitude: -76.406000
Date/Time Start: 1971-09-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-05-13T09:10:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.0050 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.0700 m
Event(s):
202-1239A * Latitude: -0.672000 * Longitude: -82.080830 * Date/Time Start: 2002-05-10T19:45:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-05-13T09:10:00 * Elevation: -1414.7 m * Penetration: 515.4 m * Recovery: 515.1 m * Location: South Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg202 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 55 cores; 515.4 m cored; 0 m drilled; 99.9 % recovery
ME0005A-14MC2 * Latitude: 5.846500 * Longitude: -86.449000 * Elevation: -2045.0 m * Location: South Pacific Ocean * Campaign: ME0005A (NEMO) * Basis: Melville * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC)
ME0005A-15MC6 * Latitude: 4.613700 * Longitude: -86.704000 * Elevation: -904.0 m * Location: South Pacific Ocean * Campaign: ME0005A (NEMO) * Basis: Melville * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEvent
2Latitude of eventLatitude
3Longitude of eventLongitude
4Elevation of eventElevationm
5DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmGeocode
6Neogloboquadrina dutertreiN. dutertrei#Rincón-Martínez, DanielCounting 355-400 µm fraction
7Globorotalia menardii cultrataG. menardii cultrata#Rincón-Martínez, DanielCounting 355-400 µm fraction
8Foraminifera, plankticForam plankt#Rincón-Martínez, DanielCounting 355-400 µm fractiontotal
9RatioRatioRincón-Martínez, DanielCalculatedG. menardii cultrata/(G. menardii cultrata + N. dutertrei)
10Globigerinoides ruber, δ18OG. ruber δ18O‰ PDBRincón-Martínez, DanielMass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251s.s.
11Globigerinoides ruber white, δ18OG. ruber w δ18O‰ PDBRincón-Martínez, DanielMass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251s.l.
12Globigerinoides trilobus, δ18OG. trilobus δ18O‰ PDBRincón-Martínez, DanielMass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251
13Globigerinoides sacculifer, δ18OG. sacculifer δ18O‰ PDBRincón-Martínez, DanielMass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251
14Pulleniatina obliquiloculata, δ18OP. obliquiloculata δ18O‰ PDBRincón-Martínez, DanielMass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251
15Globorotalia menardii cultrata, δ18OG. menardii cultrata δ18O‰ PDBRincón-Martínez, DanielMass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251
16Neogloboquadrina dutertrei dextral, δ18ON. dutertrei d δ18O‰ PDBRincón-Martínez, DanielMass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251
17Globorotalia tumida, δ18OG. tumida δ18O‰ PDBRincón-Martínez, DanielMass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251
18Globorotalia menardii, δ18OG. menardii δ18O‰ PDBRincón-Martínez, DanielMass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 251
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