Mackensen, Andreas; Barrera, Enriqueta C; Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang (1992): Neogen carbonate and stable isotope record of ODP Hole 120-751A [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.760328, Supplement to: Mackensen, A et al. (1992): Neogene circulation in the southern Indian Ocean: evidence from benthic foraminifers, carbonate data, and stable isotope analyses (Site 751). In: S.W. Wise, JR., R. Schlich, et al., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 120, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 867-880, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.120.169.1992
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Abstract:
Lower Miocene through upper Pleistocene benthic foraminifer assemblage records from Ocean Drilling Program Site 751 on the Southern Kerguelen Plateau (57°44'S, water depth 1634 m) were combined with benthic and planktonic foraminifer oxygen and carbon isotope records and high-resolution CaCO3 data from the same site. Implications for the Neogene productivity and paleoceanography of the southern Indian Ocean are discussed. We used distinctive features of the Miocene d18O and d13C curves for stratigraphic correlation.
Coinciding with a lower middle Miocene hiatus from 14.2 to 13.4 Ma, there was a rapid increase in benthic d18O values by 1.2 per mil. This distinct increase occurs in middle Miocene benthic foraminifer oxygen isotope curves from all oceans. No major change, however, in benthic foraminifer faunal composition occurred in this period of growth of the Antarctic ice cap and cooling of deep ocean waters (14.9-14.2 Ma).
A drastic change in benthic foraminifer faunas coincided with a hiatus from 8.4 to 5.9 Ma. Shortly after this hiatus, in the latest Miocene, the CaCO3 content of the sediments dropped from 75% to 0%. From that time ( 5.8 Ma) through the early Pliocene, Site 751 has been situated beneath a high biogenic siliceous productivity zone.
Carbonate contents of upper Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments vary between 20% and 70%. The benthic foraminifer faunas in the uppermost Pliocene and lower Pleistocene reflect strong bottom current conditions, in contrast to those in the upper Pleistocene, which indicate calm sedimentation and high food supply. High d13C values of planktonic foraminifers compared with low values of benthic foraminifers suggest high primary productivity in the late Pleistocene. The changes in productivity were probably a result of latitudinal migration and meandering of the Polar Frontal Zone.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
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Latitude: -57.726000 * Longitude: 79.814800
Date/Time Start: 1988-04-18T20:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-04-19T23:30:00
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120-751A * Latitude: -57.726000 * Longitude: 79.814800 * Date/Time Start: 1988-04-18T20:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-04-19T23:30:00 * Elevation: -1644.0 m * Penetration: 166.2 m * Recovery: 162.92 m * Location: South Indian Ridge, South Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg120 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 18 cores; 166.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 98 % recovery
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- Mackensen, A; Barrera, EC; Hubberten, H-W (1992): (Table 1) Carbonate content of the bulk dry sediment of ODP Hole 120-751A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.760320
- Mackensen, A; Barrera, EC; Hubberten, H-W (1992): (Table 2) Stable carbon and oxygen isotope record of benthic foraminifera fromf ODP Hole 120-751A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.760326
- Mackensen, A; Barrera, EC; Hubberten, H-W (1992): (Table 2) Stable carbon and oxygen isotope record of planktonic foraminifera fromf ODP Hole 120-751A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.760327