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Extinction of deep-sea foraminifera as a result of Pliocene-Pleistocene deep-sea circulation changes in the South China Sea (ODP Sites 1143 and 1146).
Kawagata, S., Hayward, B. W. and Kuhnt, W. (2007) Extinction of deep-sea foraminifera as a result of Pliocene-Pleistocene deep-sea circulation changes in the South China Sea (ODP Sites 1143 and 1146). Quaternary Science Reviews, 26 (5-6). pp. 808-827. DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.10.011.
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During the Late Pliocene-Middle Pleistocene, 56 species and 15 genera of elongate, cylindrical benthic foraminifera disappeared from the deep sea in the South China Sea (ODP Sites 1143 and 1146) as part of the last global extinction in the deep sea. This extinction group (Ext. Gp) exhibited a pulsed decline in abundance and species richness mostly during glacials, and often associated with periods of expansion of polar ice that resulted front increased cooling of the Earth's climate since similar to 2.5 Ma, particularly during the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition (MPT, 1.2-0.6 Ma). We infer that the Ext. Gp decline in abundance and disappearance was a result of the increased glacial cooling and consequent increased ventilation of the deep-sea water masses. The detailed record of withdrawal of the Ext. Gp differs between the two sites, with far more disappearances occurring prior to the MPT in the deeper Site 1143 (2772m) than in the shallower Site 1146 (2092 in). The Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene declines in deeper parts of the South China Sea (Site 1143) may have resulted from enhanced glacial production of deep, southern-sourced water passing over the sill into the basin from the North-west Pacific. During the MPT however, the Ext. Gp declines and disappearances were of similar timing and magnitude in both sites, implying that both were influenced by the same deep-water mass during glacials at this time. This could have been North Pacific Deep Water, which many workers infer was formed in the northern Pacific during the last glacial, and may have begun forming during MPT glacials, in association with the progressively enhanced cooling of the Northern Hemisphere. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Document Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | benthic foraminifera late quaternary indian-ocean midpleistocene extinction paleoceanographic changes isotopic evidence north pacific water atlantic record |
Research affiliation: | Kiel University |
Refereed: | No |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2012 05:19 |
Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2019 23:36 |
URI: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15917 |
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