Simulation of long eccentricity (400-kyr) cycle in ocean carbon reservoir during Miocene Climate Optimum: Weathering and nutrient response to orbital change

Details Simulation of long eccentricity (400-kyr) cycle in ocean carbon reservoir during Miocene Climate Optimum: Weathering and nutrient response to orbital change Simulation of long eccentricity (400-kyr) cycle in ocean carbon reservoir during Miocene Climate Optimum: Weathering and nutrient response to orbital change

May 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011georl..3810701m&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 38, Issue 10, CiteID L10701

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Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Carbon Cycling (0428), Paleoceanography: Biogeochemical Cycles, Processes, And Modeling (0412, 0414, 0793, 1615, 4805), Paleoceanography: Global Climate Models (1626, 3337)

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Deep-sea foraminiferal δ13C records contain abundant 400-kyr cycles indicating a link between eccentricity forcing and ocean carbon reservoir change. Here we simulate the oceanic δ13C maxima events forced by the Earth's orbital geometry during the Miocene Climate Optimum (MCO, 17-14 Ma) using a box model. The simulated results of both surface and deep water δ13C display co-varying 400-kyr cycle. Modulated by orbital parameters, weathering induced carbon input will change the burial ratio of carbonates to organic carbon and further result in periodic changes in the oceanic δ13C. The increase of riverine nutrient input, which is synchronous with riverine carbon input, often stimulates primary productivity and burial of organic carbon. Our results support that eccentricity maxima (minima) enhance (reduce) weathering intensity and nutrient supply, which lead to minima (maxima) of δ13C. The prominent 400-kyr cycle of ocean carbon reservoir is interpreted as likely caused by a long memory of carbon in the ocean.

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