# Northern Hemisphere Benthic Foraminiferal Trace Metals and Stable Isotopes from the late Pliocene and the Holocene to the Last Glacial Maximum #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NOTE: Please cite original publication, online resource and date accessed when using this data. # If there is no publication information, please cite Investigator, title, online resource and date accessed. # # Description/Documentation lines begin with # # Data lines have no # # # Online_Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/17351 # Online_Resource: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/woodard2014/woodard2014-607.txt # # Archive: Paleoceanography #--------------------------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2014-10-24 #--------------------------------------- # Title: Northern Hemisphere Benthic Foraminiferal Trace Metals and Stable Isotopes from the late Pliocene and the Holocene to the Last Glacial Maximum #--------------------------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Woodard, Stella C.; Rosenthal, Yair; Miller, Kenneth G.; Wright, James D.; Chiu, Beverly K.; Lawrence, Kira T. #--------------------------------------- # Description and Notes # Description: All data was generated using benthic foraminifera Uvigerina sp. Records are not necessarily continuous. #--------------------------------------- # Publication # Authors: Woodard, Stella C.; Rosenthal, Yair; Miller, Kenneth G.; Wright, James D.; Chiu, Beverly K.; Lawrence, Kira T. # Published_Date_or_Year: 2014 # Published_Title: Antarctic Role in Northern Hemisphere Glaciation # Journal_Name: Science # Volume: # Issue: ScienceExpress # Pages: # Report Number: # DOI: 10.1126/science.1255586 # Abstract: Earth’s climate underwent a major transition from the warmth of the late Pliocene, when global surface temperatures were ~2-3°C higher than today, to extensive Northern Hemisphere glaciation (NHG) at ~2.73 Ma. We show that North Pacific deep waters were significantly colder (4oC) and likely fresher than North Atlantic deep water prior to the intensification of NHG. At ~2.73 Ma, the Atlantic-Pacific temperature gradient was reduced to <1°C suggesting the initiation of stronger heat transfer from the North Atlantic to the deep Pacific. We posit that increased glaciation of Antarctica, deduced from the 21±10 m sea-level fall from 3.15-2.75 Ma, and the development of a strong polar halocline, fundamentally altered deep ocean circulation, which enhanced inter-hemispheric heat and salt transport thereby contributing to the NHG. #--------------------------------------- # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: National Science Foundation # Grant: MG&G 1334691 #--------------------------------------- # Site Information # Site_Name: DSDP607 # Location: North Atlantic Ocean # Country: # Northernmost_Latitude: 41.0 # Southernmost_Latitude: 41.0 # Easternmost_Longitude: -32.96 # Westernmost_Longitude: -32.96 # Elevation: -3427 #--------------------------------------- # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: DSDP607 Pliocene TM Wo14 # First_Year: 30568 # Last_Year: 23100 # Time_Unit: cal yr BP # Core_Length: # Notes: #--------------------------------------- # Chronology: #--------------------------------------- # Variables # Data variables follow that are preceded by "##" in columns one and two. # Variables list, one per line, shortname-tab-longname components (9 components: what, material, error, units, seasonality, archive, detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data) ## depth_m Depth,,,revised meters composite depth,,,,,N ## age_calkaBP Age,,,kiloyears before present,,,,,N ## Mg/Ca-uvige Magnesium/Calcium,Uvigerina sp,,mmol/mol,,,,analytical technique: inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy,N ## Fe/Ca-uvige Iron/Calcium,Uvigerina sp,,umol/mol,,,,analytical technique: inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy,N ## Al/Ca-uvige Aluminum/Calcium,Uvigerina sp,,umol/mol,,,,analytical technique: inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy,N ## notes ,,,,,,,,C # Data # Data lines follow (have no #) # Data line format - tab-delimited text, variable short name as header # Missing Value: NaN depth_m age_calkaBP Mg/Ca-uvige Fe/Ca-uvige Al/Ca-uvige notes 97.7 2310.00 1.13 34 28 607 11-4 39-41 98.18 2320.80 1.24 106 28 607 11-4 87-89 98.3 2323.50 1.16 43 5 607 11-4 99-101 104.64 2448.80 1.09 100 143 607 12-1 144-146 105.09 2458.40 1.29 37 24 607 12-2 39-41 108.54 2538.00 1.21 33 60 607 12-4 84-86 108.54 2538.00 1.28 34 36 607 12-4 84-86R 119.56 2806.60 1.53 107 57 607 13-5 137-139 120.16 2821.00 1.36 64 19 607 13-6 55-57 121.49 2860.00 1.22 43 9 607 13-6 70-72 121.64 2864.20 1.34 58 30 607 13-6 85-87 123.32 2898.50 1.38 48 18 607 14-1 27-29 124.49 2927.40 1.18 27 40 607 14-1 144-146 124.82 2935.40 1.10 29 57 607 14-2 27-29 124.82 2935.40 1.34 34 170 607 14-2 27-29R 124.97 2938.50 1.64 28 5 607 14-2 42-44 129.6 3049.80 1.49 49 16 607 14-5 55-57 129.77 3053.80 1.39 42 22 607 14-5 72-74 129.77 3053.80 1.45 47 8 607 14-5 72-74R 129.91 3056.80 1.40 43 55 607 14-5 86-88