Early Cenozoic Atlantic and Pacific benthic foraminiferal isotopes from 12 sites

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Oxygen and carbon isotope records are important tools used to reconstruct past ocean and climate conditions, with those of benthic foraminifera providing information on the deep oceans. Reconstructions are complicated by interspecies isotopic offsets that result from microhabitat preferences (carbonate precipitation in isotopically distinct environments) and vital effects (species-specific metabolic variation in isotopic fractionation). We provide correction factors for early Cenozoic benthic foraminifera commonly used for isotopic measurements (Cibicidoides spp., Nuttallides truempyi, Oridorsalis spp., Stensioina beccariiformis, Hanzawaia ammophila, and Bulimina spp.), showing that most yield reliable isotopic proxies of environmental change. The statistical methods and larger data sets used in this study provide more robust correction factors than do previous studies. Interspecies isotopic offsets appear to have changed through the Cenozoic, either (1) as a result of evolutionary changes or (2) as an artifact of different statistical methods and data set sizes used to determine the offsets in different studies. Regardless of the reason, the assumption that isotopic offsets have remained constant through the Cenozoic has introduced an 1-2°C uncertainty into deep sea paleotemperature calculations. In addition, we compare multiple species isotopic data from a western North Atlantic section that includes the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum to determine the most reliable isotopic indicator for this event. We propose that Oridorsalis spp. was the most reliable deepwater isotopic recorder at this location because it was best able to withstand the harsh water conditions that existed at this time; it may be the best recorder at other locations and for other extreme events also.

Supplement to: Katz, Miriam E; Katz, David R; Wright, James D; Miller, Kenneth G; Pak, Dorothy K; Shackleton, Nicholas J; Thomas, Ellen (2003): Early Cenozoic benthic foraminiferal isotopes: Species reliability and interspecies correction factors. Paleoceanography, 18(2), 1024

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738565
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1029/2002PA000798
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.738565
Provenance
Creator Katz, Miriam E; Katz, David R; Wright, James D ORCID logo; Miller, Kenneth G ORCID logo; Pak, Dorothy K; Shackleton, Nicholas J; Thomas, Ellen ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2003
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 12 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-26.369W, -51.542S, 167.769E, 51.451N); South Atlantic Ocean; North Pacific Ocean; Blake Nose, North Atlantic Ocean
Temporal Coverage Begin 1987-03-16T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 1997-02-06T04:30:00Z