SHELL WEIGHT CHANGES OF PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA G. sacculifer FROM THE TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC DURING THE LAST 250 ka AND CONTROLLING MECHANISMS

QIN Bingbin; LI Tiegang; CHANG Fengming; XIONG Zhifang; HAO Peng

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.03085

2014 Vol. 34, No. 3

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QIN Bingbin, LI Tiegang, CHANG Fengming, XIONG Zhifang, HAO Peng. SHELL WEIGHT CHANGES OF PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA G. sacculifer FROM THE TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC DURING THE LAST 250 ka AND CONTROLLING MECHANISMS[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2014, 34(3): 85-92. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.03085

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QIN Bingbin, LI Tiegang, CHANG Fengming, XIONG Zhifang, HAO Peng. SHELL WEIGHT CHANGES OF PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA G. sacculifer FROM THE TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC DURING THE LAST 250 ka AND CONTROLLING MECHANISMS[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2014, 34(3): 85-92. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.03085

SHELL WEIGHT CHANGES OF PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA G. sacculifer FROM THE TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC DURING THE LAST 250 ka AND CONTROLLING MECHANISMS

1. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071;
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Corresponding author: LI Tiegang, tgli@qdio.ac.cn

Received Date: 19 December 2013

Revised Date: 09 March 2014

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As a new proxy to reconstruct sea water[CO32-] in the past, shell weight of planktonic foraminifera can provide clues to revealing ocean carbon cycle. Shell weights of G. sacculifer measured from a tropical western Pacific sediment core WP7 during the last 250 ka show higher values in glacial periods and lower values in interglacial periods responding to changes in CO2 concentrations in the Antarctic Ice Core of Vostok, except in MIS1 and MIS4. Hence, shell weight variations in this sea area are mainly controlled by the CO2 concentration in atmosphere. As a result of intensified upwelling and carbonate dissolution, shell weights have reduced during MIS4. Shell weights also can be affected by coexisting symbionts, but not the changes in temperature and surface nutrient levels. Shell weights of G. sacculifer exhibit a generally inverse relationship with CO2 concentrations, and thus they can be used as a reliable proxy to trace variations in[CO32-] of surface water.
- shell weights of planktonic foraminifera /
- carbonate ion concentration /
- atmospheric pCO₂ /
- tropical western Pacific

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