ISSN:
0016-7835
Keywords:
Key words Quaternary
;
CO2
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Ontong Java plateau
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Deep-sea carbonate
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Milankovitch
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Oxygen isotope record
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
Notes:
Abstract We provide a reconstruction of atmospheric CO2 from deep-sea sediments, for the past 625 000 years (Milankovitch chron). Our database consists of a Milankovitch template of sea-level variation in combination with a unique data set for the deep-sea record for Ontong Java plateau in the western equatorial Pacific. We redate the Vostok ice-core data of Barnola et al. (1987). To make the reconstructions we employ multiple regression between deep-sea data, on one hand, and ice-core CO2 data in Antarctica, on the other. The patterns of correlation suggest that the main factors controlling atmospheric CO2 can be described as a combination of sea-level state and sea-level change. For best results squared values of state and change are used. The square-of-sea-level rule agrees with the concept that shelf processes are important modulators of atmospheric CO2 (e.g., budgets of shelf organic carbon and shelf carbonate, nitrate reduction). The square-of-change rule implies that, on short timescales, any major disturbance of the system results in a temporary rise in atmospheric CO2.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s005310050089
