Benway, Heather M; Mix, Alan C; Haley, Brian A; Klinkhammer, Gary P (2006): Isotope and Mg/Ca measurements from Cores ME0005A-43JC and 202-1242 of tropical Pacific [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742883, Supplement to: Benway, HM et al. (2006): Eastern Pacific Warm Pool paleosalinity and climate variability: 0-30 kyr. Paleoceanography, 21(3), PA3008, https://doi.org/10.1029/2005PA001208
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Abstract:
Multiproxy geologic records of d18O and Mg/Ca in fossil foraminifera from sediments under the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool (EPWP) region west of Central America document variations in upper ocean temperature, pycnocline strength, and salinity (i.e., net precipitation) over the past 30 kyr. Although evident in the paleotemperature record, there is no glacial-interglacial difference in paleosalinity, suggesting that tropical hydrologic changes do not respond passively to high-latitude ice sheets and oceans. Millennial variations in paleosalinity with amplitudes as high as 4 practical salinity units occur with a dominant period of 3-5 ky during the glacial/deglacial interval and 1.0-1.5 ky during the Holocene. The amplitude of the EPWP paleosalinity changes greatly exceeds that of published Caribbean and western tropical Pacific paleosalinity records. EPWP paleosalinity changes correspond to millennial-scale climate changes in the surface and deep Atlantic and the high northern latitudes, with generally higher (lower) paleosalinity during cold (warm) events. In addition to Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) dynamics, which play an important role in tropical hydrologic variability, changes in Atlantic-Pacific moisture transport, which is closely linked to ITCZ dynamics, may also contribute to hydrologic variations in the EPWP. Calculations of interbasin salinity average and interbasin salinity contrast between the EPWP and the Caribbean help differentiate long-term changes in mean ITCZ position and Atlantic-Pacific moisture transport, respectively.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 6.562698 * Median Longitude: -83.701873 * South-bound Latitude: -1.853000 * West-bound Longitude: -86.704000 * North-bound Latitude: 7.856000 * East-bound Longitude: -81.995000
Date/Time Start: 2002-05-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-05-26T00:00:00
Event(s):
202-1242 * Latitude: 7.855867 * Longitude: -83.606967 * Date/Time: 2002-05-26T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1363.7 m * Penetration: 770.3 m * Recovery: 770.5 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg202 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 80 cores; 743.8 m cored; 26.5 m drilled; 103.6 % recovery
ME0005A-43JC * Latitude: 7.855800 * Longitude: -83.608300 * Elevation: -1364.0 m * Location: South Pacific Ocean * Campaign: ME0005A (NEMO) * Basis: Melville * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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- Benway, HM; Mix, AC; Haley, BA et al. (2006): (Table S4) Isotope and Mg/Ca measurements from ODP Site 202-1242 of tropical Pacific. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742880
- Benway, HM; Mix, AC; Haley, BA et al. (2006): (Table S2) Core top isotope and Mg/Ca measurements of tropical Pacific region. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742882
- Benway, HM; Mix, AC; Haley, BA et al. (2006): (Table S3) Isotope and Mg/Ca measurements from sediment core ME0005A-43JC of tropical Pacific. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742879
- Benway, HM; Mix, AC; Haley, BA et al. (2006): (Table S1) Age determination of sediment core ME0005A-43JC. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.834477