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A record of Neogene seawater δ11B reconstructed from paired δ11B analyses on benthic and planktic foraminifera

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24/02/2017
Author
Greenop, Rosanna
Hain, Mathis P.
Sosdian, Sindia M.
Oliver, Kevin I. C.
Goodwin, Philip
Chalk, Thomas B.
Lear, Caroline H.
Wilson, Paul A.
Foster, Gavin L.
Keywords
GE Environmental Sciences
GC Oceanography
Global and Planetary Change
Stratigraphy
Palaeontology
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Abstract
The boron isotope composition (δ11B) of foraminiferal calcite reflects the pH and the boron isotope composition of the seawater the foraminifer grew in. For pH reconstructions, the δ11B of seawater must therefore be known, but information on this parameter is limited. Here we reconstruct Neogene seawater δ11B based on the δ11B difference between paired measurements of planktic and benthic foraminifera and an estimate of the coeval water column pH gradient from their δ13C values. Carbon cycle model simulations underscore that the ΔpH-Δδ13C relationship is relatively insensitive to ocean and carbon cycle changes, validating our approach. Our reconstructions suggest that δ11Bsw was ∼37.5‰ during the early and middle Miocene (roughly 23-12 Ma) and rapidly increased during the late Miocene (between 12 and 5 Ma) towards the modern value of 39.61 ‰. Strikingly, this pattern is similar to the evolution of the seawater isotope composition of Mg, Li and Ca, suggesting a common forcing mechanism. Based on the observed direction of change, we hypothesize that an increase in secondary mineral formation during continental weathering affected the isotope composition of riverine input to the ocean since 14 Ma.
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Greenop , R , Hain , M P , Sosdian , S M , Oliver , K I C , Goodwin , P , Chalk , T B , Lear , C H , Wilson , P A & Foster , G L 2017 , ' A record of Neogene seawater δ 11 B reconstructed from paired δ 11 B analyses on benthic and planktic foraminifera ' , Climate of the Past , vol. 13 , no. 2 , pp. 149-170 . https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-149-2017
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Climate of the Past
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-149-2017
ISSN
1814-9324
Type
Journal article
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© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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The work was supported by NERC grants NE/I006176/1 (Gavin L. Foster and Caroline H. Lear), NE/H006273/1 (Gavin L. Foster), NE/I006168/1 and NE/K014137/1 and a Royal Society Research Merit Award (Paul A. Wilson), a NERC Independent Research Fellowship NE/K00901X/1 (Mathis P. Hain) and a NERC studentship (Rosanna Greenop).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10448

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