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The influence of lateral transport on sedimentary alkenone paleoproxy signals.
| Taitara: | The influence of lateral transport on sedimentary alkenone paleoproxy signals. |
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| Ngā kaituhi: | Ausín, Blanca, Haghipour, Negar, Bruni, Elena, Eglinton, Timothy |
| Puna: | Biogeosciences; 2022, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p613-627, 15p |
| Whakarāpopotonga: | Alkenone signatures preserved in marine sedimentary records are considered one of the most robust paleothermometers available and are often used as a proxy for paleoproductivity. However, important gaps remain regarding the provenance and fate of alkenones, as well as their impact on derived environmental signals in marine sediments. Here, we analyze the abundance, distribution and radiocarbon (14 C) age of alkenones in bulk sediments and corresponding grain-size fractions in surficial sediments from seven continental margin settings in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to evaluate the impact of organo-mineral associations and hydrodynamic sorting on sedimentary alkenone signals. We find that alkenones preferentially reside within fine-grained mineral fractions of continental margin sediments, with the preponderance of alkenones residing within the fine-silt fraction (2–10 µ m) and most strongly influencing alkenone- 14 C age and sea surface temperature (SST) signals from bulk sediments as a consequence of their proportional abundance and higher degree of organic matter protection relative to other fractions. Our results provide further evidence for the key role of selective association of alkenones with mineral surfaces and associated hydrodynamic mineral sorting processes on the reliability of alkenone signals encoded in marine sediments (14 C age, content and distribution) and the fidelity of corresponding proxy records (productivity and sea SST) in the spatial and temporal domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Ngā kupu marau: | MARINE sediments, OCEAN temperature, CONTINENTAL margins, AIDS to navigation, SILT |
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| ISSN: | 17264170 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/bg-19-613-2022 |
| Pātengi raraunga: | Complementary Index |
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