Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmpp23a1464s&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #PP23A-1464
Physics
1040 Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry, 1605 Abrupt/Rapid Climate Change (4901, 8408), 4924 Geochemical Tracers, 4930 Greenhouse Gases
Scientific paper
The combined analysis of neodymium (Nd) isotopes and radiocarbon (14C) in sedimentary benthic foraminifera has the potential to remedy a major issue involved in the interpretation of 14C data. The problem is that changes in deep-water sourcing, deep-water source signature and deep-water renewal rates may all affect 14C concentration, complicating the interpretation of deep-water 14C reconstructions. To overcome this, the application of a circulation tracer is required. Traditional proxies such as δ13C, Cd/Ca, and deep-water temperature either do not behave as conservative tracers or only indirectly represent water mass mixing, and so are of limited use1. The application of a more recently developed proxy for water mass sourcing, circulation and mixing, Nd isotopes, might offer a solution to this problem. A recent pioneering study2 has demonstrated that sedimentary benthic foraminifera might be a suitable archive of past deep-water Nd isotope composition at high resolution, potentially more robust than acidic-reductive sediment leach data. This study seeks to utilise this promising new tracer by applying it to an investigation of deglacial ventilation changes in the North Atlantic. Initial data presented here for core-top benthic foraminifera from the Labrador Sea, Iberian Margin and Pacific illustrate nearly the complete dynamic range of Nd isotope compositions present in the modern ocean, in general agreement with existing seawater Nd isotope data. Preliminary down-core Nd isotope data from the Iberian Margin place initial constraints on the contribution of deep-water sourcing to observed changes in deep-water 14C ventilation across the last deglaciation. 1 - E. Boyle, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 20, 245-287 (1992) 2 - V. Klevenz et al., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 265, 571-587 (2008)
Scrivner Adam E.
Skinner L. C.
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