Wilson, Paul A; Norris, Richard D; Cooper, Matthew J (2002): (Table 1) 87Sr/86Sr ratios and ages of DSDP Site 144A samples [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.713542, Supplement to: Wilson, PA et al. (2002): Warming the fuel for the fire: Evidence for the thermal dissociation of methane hydrate during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum. Geology, 30(7), 1067-1070, https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030%3C0607:TTCGHU%3E2.0.CO;2
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Abstract:
Glassy Turonian foraminifera preserved in clay-rich sediments from the western tropical Atlantic yield the warmest equivalent d18O sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) yet reported for the entire Cretaceous-Cenozoic. We estimate Turonian SSTs that were at least as warm as (conservative mean ~30 °C) to significantly warmer (warm mean ~33 °C) than those in the region today. However, if independent evidence for high middle Cretaceous pCO2 is reliable and resulted in greater isotopic fractionation between seawater and calcite because of lower sea-surface pH, our conservative and warm SST estimates would be even higher (32 and 36°C, respectively). Our new tropical SSTs help reconcile geologic data with the predictions of general circulation models that incorporate high Cretaceous pCO2 and lend support to the hypothesis of a Cretaceous greenhouse. Our data also strengthen the case for a Turonian age for the Cretaceous thermal maximum and highlight a 20-40 m.y. mismatch between peak Cretaceous-Cenozoic global warmth and peak inferred tectonic CO2 production. We infer that this mismatch is either an artifact of a hidden Turonian pulse in global ocean-crust cycling or real evidence of the influence of some other factor on atmospheric CO2 and/or SSTs. A hidden pulse in crust cycling would explain the timing of peak Cretaceous-Cenozoic sea level (also Turonian), but other factors are needed to explain high-frequency (~10-100 k.y.) instability in middle Cretaceous SSTs reported elsewhere.
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Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Latitude: 9.453800 * Longitude: -54.342000
Date/Time Start: 1970-11-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1970-11-23T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: -2957.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -2957.0 m
Event(s):
14-144A * Latitude: 9.453800 * Longitude: -54.342000 * Date/Time: 1970-11-23T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2957.0 m * Penetration: 197 m * Recovery: 30.4 m * Location: North Atlantic/CONT RISE * Campaign: Leg14 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 6 cores; 53 m cored; 0 m drilled; 57.4 % recovery
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Sample code/label | Sample label | Wilson, Paul A | DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation | ||
| 3 | Strontium-87/Strontium-86 ratio | 87Sr/86Sr | Wilson, Paul A | Mass spectrometer VG Sector 54 | ||
| 4 | Strontium-87/Strontium-86 ratio, error | 87Sr/86Sr e | ± | Wilson, Paul A | Calculated | |
| 5 | Age, maximum/old | Age max | ka | Wilson, Paul A | ||
| 6 | Age, minimum/young | Age min | ka | Wilson, Paul A |
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