Influencing factors of air-sea CO<sub>2</sub> exchange in the Western Tropical Pacific during the late Quaternary

GUO Jingteng; XIONG Zhifang; LI Tiegang

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2023071601

2023 Vol. 43, No. 4

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GUO Jingteng, XIONG Zhifang, LI Tiegang. Influencing factors of air-sea CO2 exchange in the Western Tropical Pacific during the late Quaternary[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2023, 43(4): 48-55. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2023071601

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GUO Jingteng, XIONG Zhifang, LI Tiegang. Influencing factors of air-sea CO₂ exchange in the Western Tropical Pacific during the late Quaternary[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2023, 43(4): 48-55. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2023071601

Influencing factors of air-sea CO₂ exchange in the Western Tropical Pacific during the late Quaternary

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Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Metallogeny, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
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Laboratory for Marine Geology, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, China

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Corresponding author: LI Tiegang, tgli@fio.org.cn

Received Date: 16 July 2023

Revised Date: 19 August 2023

Accepted Date: 19 August 2023

Publish Date: 28 August 2023

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Exploring air-sea CO₂ exchange helps to analyze the global carbon cycle and global climate change. Due to the direct contact between seawater and atmosphere, characterizing the changes in the carbonate system of surface water is the key to explore the air-sea CO₂ exchange. Available studies of the sea surface carbonate system in the Western Tropical Pacific (WTP) was reappraised, the principles, methods, advantages and disadvantages of reconstructing carbonate system parameters with foraminiferal B/Ca and δ¹¹B were summarized. Secondly, the research status of influencing factors of air-sea CO₂ exchange in the WTP during the late Quaternary was reviewed from three aspects: El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), East Asian monsoons, and atmospheric bridge and ocean tunnel. Results show that the ENSO-like processes can affect the air-sea CO₂ exchange in the eastern and western parts of the WTP via lateral advection and vertical change, respectively. The East Asian summer monsoon regulates the air-sea CO₂ exchange in WTP strongly and effectively, while the East Asian winter monsoon, weakly and insignificantly. During the deglaciation period, the increased ventilation of deep water in the Southern Ocean affects the air-sea CO₂ exchange in the WTP through the atmospheric bridge (atmospheric CO₂) and ocean tunnel (Antarctic Intermediate Water). In the future, more researches are required into the reliability and coverage of proxy records, and the mechanisms of air-sea CO₂ exchange over longer time scales, to understand changes in the global carbon cycle more accurately and clearly.
- planktonic foraminifera /
- B/Ca /
- δ¹¹B /
- ENSO /
- East Asian monsoon /
- Southern Ocean /
- carbon cycle

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