TY - JOUR
T1 - Stable oxygen isotopes in planktonic foraminifera from surface sediments in the California Current system
AU - Sánchez, Alberto
AU - Sánchez-Vargas, Lilia
AU - Balart, Eduardo
AU - Domínguez-Samalea, Yaima
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Stable oxygen isotopes of Globigerinoides ruber s.l. and Globigerina bulloides have been widely used to infer the variability of the water column hydrographic structure over various time scales. However, the reliability of this geochemical tool requires a regional analysis since the inferred calcification depth and temperature of planktonic foraminifera depend on local environmental conditions. In the present study, δ18O values of G. ruber s.l and G. bulloides collected from 21 surface sediment samples were used to infer their calcification depth in the southwestern margin of the Baja California peninsula. The δ18O values of G. ruber s.l. represented oceanographic conditions from warm tropical water masses (summer-autumn), while G. bulloides represented upwelling conditions and cold-water masses (winter-spring). Estimated calcification depths ranged from 0 to 30 m for both species. The isotopic difference between them (1.2‰ in this study and 1.1‰ in the Guaymas basin sediment trap) suggests a sea temperature difference of ~5 °C, which is very similar to the difference inferred from the Mg/Ca ratio for both species 3 to 14 ka. This suggests that G. ruber s.l. and G. bulloides have calcified over the same depth interval but under contrasting seasonal oceanographic conditions i.e. upwelling (winter-spring) and stratification of the water column (summer-autumn).
AB - Stable oxygen isotopes of Globigerinoides ruber s.l. and Globigerina bulloides have been widely used to infer the variability of the water column hydrographic structure over various time scales. However, the reliability of this geochemical tool requires a regional analysis since the inferred calcification depth and temperature of planktonic foraminifera depend on local environmental conditions. In the present study, δ18O values of G. ruber s.l and G. bulloides collected from 21 surface sediment samples were used to infer their calcification depth in the southwestern margin of the Baja California peninsula. The δ18O values of G. ruber s.l. represented oceanographic conditions from warm tropical water masses (summer-autumn), while G. bulloides represented upwelling conditions and cold-water masses (winter-spring). Estimated calcification depths ranged from 0 to 30 m for both species. The isotopic difference between them (1.2‰ in this study and 1.1‰ in the Guaymas basin sediment trap) suggests a sea temperature difference of ~5 °C, which is very similar to the difference inferred from the Mg/Ca ratio for both species 3 to 14 ka. This suggests that G. ruber s.l. and G. bulloides have calcified over the same depth interval but under contrasting seasonal oceanographic conditions i.e. upwelling (winter-spring) and stratification of the water column (summer-autumn).
KW - Northeast Pacific
KW - Planktonic foraminifera
KW - Stable oxygen isotopes
KW - Transitional zone
KW - Upwelling
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U2 - 10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102127
DO - 10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102127
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85129456153
SN - 0377-8398
VL - 173
JO - Marine Micropaleontology
JF - Marine Micropaleontology
M1 - 102127
ER -