Variations in the length and weight of Noelaerhabdaceae coccolith in the Late Quaternary tropical Western Pacific and their influencing factors

SUN Hanjie; Beaufort Luc; AN Baizheng; LI Tiegang; CHANG Fengming; NAN Qingyun; HUANG Cui

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2023071602

2023 Vol. 43, No. 4

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SUN Hanjie, Beaufort Luc, AN Baizheng, LI Tiegang, CHANG Fengming, NAN Qingyun, HUANG Cui. Variations in the length and weight of Noelaerhabdaceae coccolith in the Late Quaternary tropical Western Pacific and their influencing factors[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2023, 43(4): 38-47. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2023071602

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SUN Hanjie, Beaufort Luc, AN Baizheng, LI Tiegang, CHANG Fengming, NAN Qingyun, HUANG Cui. Variations in the length and weight of Noelaerhabdaceae coccolith in the Late Quaternary tropical Western Pacific and their influencing factors[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2023, 43(4): 38-47. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2023071602

Variations in the length and weight of Noelaerhabdaceae coccolith in the Late Quaternary tropical Western Pacific and their influencing factors

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Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Laboratory for Marine Geology, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, China
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Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, China
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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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National Ocean Technology Center, Tianjin 300112, China

Received Date: 16 July 2023

Revised Date: 13 August 2023

Accepted Date: 13 August 2023

Publish Date: 28 August 2023

Abstract

Abstract

Sediment samples from core MD06-3050 in the Benham Rise in the Western Philippine Sea at the northern edge of the tropical Western Pacific Warm Pool were selected for Family Noelaerhabdaceae coccolith size analyses. Images were taken and synthesized using bidirectional circular polarization method. The average coccolith length and weight were automatically identified and measured by SYRACO artificial intelligence software. Results show that the average coccolith length and weight show strong similarities in the last 350000 years, with no obvious glacial-interglacial changes. The coccolith calcification index was estimated based on the length and weight of coccolith, and shows the same patterns of the morphological parameters, but presents a more obvious glacial-interglacial pattern. The coccolith calcification index was compared with the ice-core atmospheric pCO₂, which shows that the calcification of Noelaerhabdaceae coccoliths was weakened in the glaciation termination period and the early-middle interglacial periods when the atmospheric pCO₂ concentration was higher. The 23-ka filtering of the average coccolith length and weight agrees with the summer average solar radiation at 15°N, suggesting the regulation of the Earth's astronomical orbit parameters on the evolution of coccolithophores.
- coccolith weight /
- coccolith length /
- Late Quaternary /
- Western Pacific

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