Benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotope offsets over the last glacial-interglacial cycle

Hoogakker, Babette A. A. and Elderfield, Henry and Oliver, Kevin and Crowhurst, Simon (2010) Benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotope offsets over the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Paleoceanography, 25. 11 PP.. DOI 10.1029/2009PA001870

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Abstract

The oxygen isotope (δ18O) offset between contemporaneous benthic foraminiferal species is often assumed constant with time and geographic location. We present an inventory of benthic foraminiferal species δ18O offsets from the major ocean basins covering the last glacial-interglacial cycle, showing that of the twenty down-core records investigated, twelve show significant temporal changes in δ18O offsets that do not resemble stochastic variability. Some of the temporal changes may be related to kinetic fractionation effects causing deglacial/interglacial enrichment or glacial depletion in mainly infaunal species, but additional research is needed to confirm this. In addition to stratigraphic implications the finding of temporally varying offsets between coexisting benthic foraminiferal species could have implications for sea level, deepwater temperature, and regional deepwater δ18O estimates.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2010AREP; IA61;
Subjects:	01 - Climate Change and Earth-Ocean Atmosphere Systems
Divisions:	01 - Climate Change and Earth-Ocean Atmosphere Systems
Journal or Publication Title:	Paleoceanography
Volume:	25
Page Range:	11 PP.
Identification Number:	10.1029/2009PA001870
Depositing User:	Sarah Humbert
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2011 14:30
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2013 10:00
URI:	http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/1977

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