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Becquey, Sabine; Gersonde, Rainer (2003): Paleotemperature reconstruction for the past 0.55 Ma of the Subantarctic zone [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706227, Supplement to: Becquey, S; Gersonde, R (2003): A 0.55-Ma paleotemperature record from the Subantarctic zone: Implications for Antarctic Circumpolar Current development. Paleoceanography, 18(1), 1014, https://doi.org/10.1029/2000PA000576

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Abstract:
Estimates of summer sea surface temperatures (SSSTs) derived from planktic foraminiferal associations using the Modern Analog Technique and combined with isotopic analyses and determination of ice-rafted debris, mirror the Pleistocene evolution of the planktic Subantarctic surface waters in the Atlantic Ocean. The SSSTs indicate that the isotherms that define the modern polar front zone and Subantarctic front, were located at more northerly latitudes (up to 7°) during most of the investigated period, which covers the past 550 kyr. Exceptions are during climatic optima in the early Holocene, at marine isotope stages (MIS) 5.5, 7.1, 7.5, 9.3, and presumably during MIS 11.3 when SSSTs exceeded modern values by 1 –5°C. The close similarity between the SSST and the Vostok temperature indicates strong regional temperature correlation. Both records show that MIS 9.3 was the warmest period during the last 420 kyr whereas SSSTs obtained for MIS 11.3 are overestimated due to strong carbonate dissolution. Spectral analysis corroborates that the initiation of warming in southern high latitudes heralds the start of deglaciation on the Northern Hemisphere.
Project(s):
Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI (AWI_Paleo)
Coverage:
Latitude: -42.873300 * Longitude: 8.973300
Date/Time Start: 1993-12-15T22:58:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-12-15T22:58:00
Event(s):
PS2489-2 (PS28/256) * Latitude: -42.873300 * Longitude: 8.973300 * Date/Time: 1993-12-15T22:58:00 * Elevation: -3794.0 m * Penetration: 15 m * Recovery: 12.84 m * Location: Agulhas Ridge * Campaign: ANT-XI/2 (PS28) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Piston corer (BGR type) (KL) * Comment: 13 core sections: 0-0.88, 0.88-1.87, 1.87-2.87, 2.87-3.86, 3.86-4.86, 4.86-5.86, 5.86-6.86, 6.86-7.86, 7.86-8.84, 8.84-9.84, 9.84-10.84, 10.84-11.84, 11.84-12.84 m
PS2489-2TC (PS28/256) * Latitude: -42.873300 * Longitude: 8.973300 * Date/Time: 1993-12-15T22:58:00 * Elevation: -3794.0 m * Recovery: 0.78 m * Location: Agulhas Ridge * Campaign: ANT-XI/2 (PS28) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Trigger corer (TC)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Becquey, S; Gersonde, R (2003): (Table 2) Radiocarbon ages on mixed planktic foraminifera of sediment core PS2489-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.615934
  2. Becquey, S; Gersonde, R (2003): (Table 3) Age model of sediment core PS2489-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.615936
  3. Becquey, S; Gersonde, R (2003): Stable isotope analysis of benthic foraminifera and summer sea surface temperature reconstruction of sediment core PS2489-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.615929
  4. Becquey, S; Gersonde, R (2003): (Table 1) Descriptive statistics for planktic foraminifera from core PS2489-2 with the average, the standard deviation, the minimum, and maximum of each species. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.615930
  5. Becquey, S; Gersonde, R (2003): (Table 2) Radiocarbon ages on mixed benthic foraminifera of sediment core PS2489-2TC. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.615933
  6. Becquey, S; Gersonde, R (2003): (Table 3) Age model of sediment core PS2489-2TC. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.615935