Development of a deep-water carbonate ion concentration proxy based on preservation of planktonic foraminifera shells quantified by X-ray CT scanning

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The quantitative and objective characterization of dissolution intensity in fossil planktonic foraminiferal shells could be used to reconstruct past changes in bottom water carbonate ion concentration. Among proxies measuring the degree of dissolution of planktonic foraminiferal shells, X-ray micro-Computed Tomography (CT) based characterization of apparent shell density appears to have good potential to facilitate quantitative reconstruction of carbonate chemistry. To assess the accuracy and reliability of the proxy based on X-ray micro-CT scanning, we evaluated the planktonic foraminiferal shell dissolution intensity using seafloor sediment samples obtained at 13 sites in the South Atlantic Ocean. The sea floor sediment samples are located at water depth ranging between 940 and 4401 m. The data of benthic foraminiferal shell B/Ca ratio in these sediment samples have been measured by previous studies. The CT-based Dissolution Index (CTDX) of four species of planktonic foraminifera (G. bulloides, G. inflata, G. ruber, and T. sacculifer) at each site are provided. We also offered each individual's CT number histogram data, which was used for calculating CTDX.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.960316
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004601
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.960316
Provenance
Creator Iwasaki, Shinya ORCID logo; Kimoto, Katsunori; Kucera, Michal ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2023
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Bundled Publication of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 14 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-57.557W, -46.145S, 13.837E, -24.485N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 1990-03-19T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2000-01-29T10:32:00Z