Crivellari, Stefano; Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur; Kuhnert, Henning; Häggi, Christoph; Portilho-Ramos, Rodrigo Costa; Zeng, Jing-Ying; Zhang, Yancheng; Schefuß, Enno; Mollenhauer, Gesine; Hefter, Jens; Alexandre, Felipe; Mulitza, Stefan; Sampaio, Gilvan (2018): HS1 records bases on isotope, inorganic and organic geochemistry of sediment cores GeoB16224-1 and GeoB16212-2 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887797, Supplement to: Crivellari, S et al. (2018): Increased Amazon freshwater discharge during late Heinrich Stadial 1. Quaternary Science Reviews, 181, 144-155, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.12.005
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The temporal succession of changes in Amazonian hydroclimate during Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1) (ca. 18-14.7 cal ka BP) is currently poorly resolved. Here we present HS1 records based on isotope, inorganic and organic geochemistry from a marine sediment core influenced by the Amazon River discharge. Our records offer a detailed reconstruction of the changes in Amazonian hydroclimate during HS1, integrated over the basin. We reconstructed surface water hydrography using stable oxygen isotopes (d18O) and Mg/Ca-derived paleotemperatures from the planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber, as well as salinity changes based on stable hydrogen isotope (dD) of palmitic acid. We also analyzed branched and isoprenoid tetraether concentrations, and compared them to existing bulk sediment ln(Fe/Ca) data and vegetation reconstruction based on stable carbon isotopes from n-alkanes, in order to understand the relationship between continental precipitation, vegetation and sediment production. Our results indicate a two-phased HS1 (HS1a and HS1b). During HS1a (18-16.9 cal ka BP), a first sudden increase of sea surface temperatures (SST) in the western equatorial Atlantic correlated with the slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and the associated southern hemisphere warming phase of the bipolar seesaw. This phase was also characterized by an increased delivery of terrestrial material. During HS1b (16.9-14.8 cal ka BP), a decrease in terrestrial input was, however, associated with a marked decline of seawater d18O and palmitic acid dD. Both isotopic proxies independently indicate a drop in sea surface salinity (SSS). A number of records under the influence of the North Brazil Current, in contrast, indicate increases in SST and SSS resulting from a weakened AMOC during HS1. Our records thus suggest that the expected increase in SSS due to the AMOC slowdown was overridden by a two-phased positive precipitation anomaly in Amazonian hydroclimate.
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Date/Time Start: 2012-02-29T22:41:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-03-08T16:07:00
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- Crivellari, S; Chiessi, CM; Kuhnert, H et al. (2018): Stable oxygen isotopes of sediment core GeoB16212-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887771
- Crivellari, S; Chiessi, CM; Kuhnert, H et al. (2018): Stable oxygen isotopes of sediment core GeoB16224-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887772
- Crivellari, S; Chiessi, CM; Kuhnert, H et al. (2018): Branched GDGTs, crenarchaeols, and BIT index of sediment core GeoB16224-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887794
- Crivellari, S; Chiessi, CM; Kuhnert, H et al. (2018): Hydrogen isotope analyses of palmitric acid from sediment core GeoB16224-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887775
- Crivellari, S; Chiessi, CM; Kuhnert, H et al. (2018): Globigerinoides ruber abundance of sediment core GeoB16224-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887796
- Crivellari, S; Chiessi, CM; Kuhnert, H et al. (2018): Globigerinoides ruber Mg/Ca analyses of sediment core GeoB16224-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887793