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Complex studies of the mineral composition and petromagnetic properties of the rocks which compose an edifice of the Minami–Khiosi submarine volcano located in the Mariana island arc are carried out for the first time. The Minami–Khiosi Volcano is a part of the Khiosi volcanic complex within the alkaline province of the Idzu–Bonin and Mariana island arcs. All of the rocks analyzed are enriched in K2O (1.34–3.30%), Ba (370–806 ppm), and Sr (204–748 ppm). The basalt has a porhyric texture and contains mosTy olivine phenocrysts as individual crystals and growths with a size up to 2 cm; the groundmass is finecrystalline. The samples studied contain at least three Fe-bearing oxide minerals. These are predominant magnetite and less abundant ilmenite and Fe hydroxides. It is established that the samples studied are magnetically isotropic and have high values of natural remanent magnetization and Königsberger ratio. Similarly to the other island-arc Late Cenozoic submarine volcanoes in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, the samples studied are strongly differentiated by the value of natural remanent magnetization and magnetic susceptibility. The low-coercivity magnetic minerals (titanomagnetite and magnetite) of the pseudo-single-domain structure, as well as high-coercivity minerals (hematite) are the main carriers of magnetization. The high values of natural remanent magnetization are explained by the pseudo-single-domain structure of the titanomagnetite grains, whereas the high values of magnetic susceptibility result from the high concentration of ferromagnetic grains. 相似文献
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西太平洋暖池(Western Pacific Warm Pool,WPWP)指位于热带太平洋中、西部(包括南海南部和苏禄海)年平均水温超过 28 ℃的广大海域。由于巨厚的表层暖水覆盖,西太平洋暖池成为全球热量和水汽交互的重要源区,对驱动温盐环流、调节全球气候变化具有重要作用。东亚冬季风(EAWM)是全球气候系统中最活跃的组成部分之一,它可能会通过寒潮侵入热带地区,引起深层对流,以此加强暖池区的对流活动和降水异常,从而影响赤道地区的潜热释放。但地质历史时期西太平洋暖池与东亚冬季风的相互作用关系尚不明确。由于东亚冬季风携带的风尘中往往包含有大颗粒的高矫顽力磁性矿物,我们可以通过沉积物中磁性矿物的组合、含量、颗粒大小和形态变化,分析不同时间尺度上气候环境变化和风尘物质的输入情况,进而反演东亚冬季风的强度变化。本文对取自热带西太平洋B10钻孔的岩心样品进行了环境磁学测试,以揭示地质历史时期西太平洋暖池沉积物环境磁学特征对东亚冬季风的响应。实验结果表明,沉积物中的主要载磁矿物为低矫顽力的磁铁矿,属于亚铁磁性矿物,并含有少量高矫顽力磁性矿物。沉积物中的磁性颗粒以准单畴(PSD)颗粒为主。高矫顽力的磁性矿物含量和细颗粒磁铁矿相对含量在冰期和间冰期呈现出显著相对变化,对东亚冬季风的变化有敏感响应:冰期沉积物中高矫顽力矿物含量增多,磁性颗粒粒径变大;间冰期沉积物中高矫顽力矿物含量降低,磁性颗粒粒径变细。在干燥、寒冷的冰期,由风尘携带而来的高矫顽力磁性矿物相对含量增加,沉积物中的磁性颗粒粒径变大,反映冰期东亚冬季风强度增大;在气候温暖湿润的间冰期,风尘的输入量较小,由风尘携带的高矫顽力磁性矿物含量相对较低,沉积物中的磁性颗粒粒径变小,反映间冰期东亚冬季风的强度减弱。 相似文献
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条带状铁建造(BIFs)中含有大量的亚铁磁性矿物,其组成及来源是认识BIF成因的重要依据。本文研究了南非巴伯顿绿岩带无花果树群(距今约32亿年)恩圭尼亚组的BIFs样品的磁学和矿物学特征。通过测量富铁层与富硅层的磁滞回线、等温剩磁获得曲线与退磁曲线、矫顽力谱分析、一阶反转曲线(FORC)、低温(20～300K)有场/无场冷却曲线以及k-T曲线、Lowrie三轴热退磁曲线,结合扫描电镜观测,揭示出研究样品中磁性矿物主要为赤铁矿和磁铁矿。基于矫顽力谱分析,富铁层中磁铁矿主要是多畴及假单畴颗粒,相对含量平均为2. 1%;赤铁矿的相对含量平均为97. 9%。富硅层中磁铁矿主要为假单畴及超顺磁性颗粒,相对含量平均为4. 6%;赤铁矿相对含量平均为95. 4%。测试样品具有Morin转变特征,转变温度介于250～260K,说明BIFs中主要为赤铁矿(0. 5～6mm)。富硅层样品出现～107K、～125K两个Verwey转变温度,表明其中可能存在生物成因和非生物成因两种类型磁铁矿。 相似文献
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贵州荔波董哥洞3号石笋的同位素年龄及古气候信息 总被引：12，自引：2，他引：12
石笋是岩溶记录中最全面、最系统的古气候环境信息库,研究表明,洞穴内、外环境变化,都不同程度地显示在石笋的组成、结构构造、沉积 (生长 )纹层及其层面构造、沉积速率和古气候环境变化等方面。利用洞穴石笋保存的信息重建古环境,是近 2 0年来的热门课题之一。当前全球气候变化预测研究中,洞穴石笋的高分辨率定年和碳、氧同位素组成的变化规律,为这个领域的突破和填补空白作出了重大贡献。本文通过对荔波董哥洞 3号石笋进行热电离质谱 (TIMS)U-系测年及碳氧同位素分析,获得了距今 16.33万年至 9.13万年的古气候信息。石笋在大于 16.33万年前开始生长,9.13万年后停止生长,平均沉积速率为 2.87mm/ 100a(未扣出间断时间 ),属中更新世的产物。其年龄与δ18O的变化可与深海岩芯V2 8～ 2 38同位素记录所揭示的第五和第六阶段以及与北方离石黄土层 (L2 )和下马兰黄土第一古土壤层 (S1)进行对比。它反映此阶段区内经历了寒冷和温暖 (间夹冷期 )等气候变化,与全球古气候变化波动基本一致,同时也存在地区性的气候变化。 相似文献
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This paper reports the results of isotopic investigations of the rocks of the Khalyuta carbonatite complex (carbonatites,
comagmatic silicate rocks, fenites, and hydrothermal rocks) and host limestones and granites. Pyroxene, amphibole, magnetite,
potassium feldspar, apatite, phlogopite, calcite, dolomite, strontianite, celestite, and barite were investigated. The isotopic
compositions of C, O, Sr, and S were analyzed. The character of the distribution of oxygen isotopic composition in minerals
(carbonates, silicates, phosphates, and oxides) suggests their equilibrium formation. It was supposed that the evolutionary
trend of C and O isotopic compositions is mainly related to the processes of differentiation in the melt-fluid system and
indicates the absence of significant contamination by carbon and oxygen from a crustal source during rock formation from the
magmatic stage to the hydrothermal stage. The isotopic compositions of S and Sr did not change. 相似文献
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The Parnok deposit is made up of stratiform lodes of iron (magnetite) and manganese (oxide-carbonate, carbonate, and carbonate-silicate) ores localized among terrigenous-carbonate sediments (black shales) on the western slope of the Polar Urals. The lithological study showed that ore-bearing sediments were accumulated in a calm hydrodynamic setting within a relatively closed seafloor area (trap depressions). Periodic development of anaerobic conditions in the near-bottom seawater was favorable for the accumulation of dispersed organic matter in the terrigenous-carbonate sediments. Carbon required to form calcium carbonates in the ore-bearing sediments was derived from carbon dioxide dissolved in seawater. In the organic-rich sediments, carbonates were formed with the participation of carbon dioxide released by the destruction of organic matter. However, δ13C values (from 0.5 to ?4.4‰ PDB) suggest a relatively low fraction of the isotopically light biogenic carbon in the host calcite. The most probable sources of Fe and Mn were hydrothermal seepages at the seafloor. The Eh-pH conditions during stagnation were favorable for the precipitation of Fe and accumulation of Mn in a dissolved state. Transition from the stagnation regime to the concentration of oxygen in near-bottom waters was accompanied by oxidation of the dissolved Mn and its precipitation. Thus, fluctuations in Eh-pH parameters of water led to the differentiation of Fe and Mn. Initially, these elements were likely precipitated as oxides and hydroxides. During the subsequent lithification, Fe and Mn were reduced to form magnetite and rhodochrosite. The texture and structure of rhodochrosite aggregates indicate that manganese carbonates already began to form at the diagenetic stage and were recrystallized during the subsequent lithogenetic stages. Isotope data (δ13C from ?8.9 to ?17.1‰ PDB) definitely indicate that the oxidized organic matter of sediment served as the main source of carbon dioxide required to form manganese carbonates. Carbonates from host rocks and manganese ores have principally different carbon isotopic compositions. Unlike carbonates of host rocks, manganese carbonates were formed with an active participation of biogeochemical processes. Further processes of metagenesis (T ≈ 250–300°C, P ≈ 2 kbar) resulted in the transformation of textures, structures, and mineral composition of all rocks of the deposit. In particular, increase in temperature and pressure provided the formation of numerous silicates in manganese ores. 相似文献
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黄土沉积物中碳酸盐同位素组成的研究方法 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
利用逐段加热法获得的黄土沉积物中碳酸盐的碳、氧同位素组成表明，黄土沉积物中的碳酸盐是不同来源和成因的碳酸盐的混合物。不同来源和成因的碳酸盐具有不同的碳、氧同位素组成，其示踪意义也不同，７００～８００℃的δ１３Ｃ比用磷酸法获得的δ１３Ｃ更灵敏于古气候的变化。因此，采用磷酸法研究黄土沉积物碳酸盐的同位素组成是不适宜的。 相似文献
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William F Downs Yen Touysinhthiphonexay Peter Deines 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1981,45(11):2065-2072
The partitioning of oxygen isotopes between quartz and magnetite was measured at 600 and 800 C and 5 kbar, using an internally heated pressure vessel equipped with a Shaw-membrane. Through adjustment of the hydrogen fugacity the starting material, fayalite, was decomposed to form quartz and magnetite. The isotopic composition difference between the separated quartz and magnetite fraction was measured directly. As the mineral separates were not completely pure, a correction was applied to the measured fractionations. The independence of the measured isotopic composition differences of run length, the initial isotopic composition of the starting materials as well as the isotopic composition difference between them suggests that the fractionations, 1000 In αQ-M = 7.8 ± 0.4% at 600°C and 1000 In αQ-M = 6.1 ± 0.2% at 800°C, represent equilibrium values. 相似文献
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许家窑泥河湾河-湖相沉积物磁化率(k)、天然剩磁(NRM)、饱和等温剩磁(SIRM4T)、非磁滞剩磁(ARM)及S比率(IRM-0.3T/IRM4T)等磁学参数与深海氧同位素的对比分析结果显示:1)许家窑泥河湾层从布容/松山界线到氧同位素阶段5(0.13MaB.P.)基本上是连续沉积,沉积速率保持在约2.45cm/103a左右;2)与同期形成的黄土高原黄土-古土壤序列类似,许家窑河-湖相层也很好地记录了当时中国北方的第四纪气候和环境特征,其典型特征为冰期时高矫顽力赤铁矿含量的显著增加,而间冰期则以低矫顽力的磁铁矿及磁赤铁矿为主要载磁矿物;3)由尝试建立的S比率时间标尺所确定的许家窑古人类遗址处的地层年代约0.5MaB.P.,与先前报道的化石的UTh绝对年龄(0.1MaB.P.)不一致;4)与k相比,S比率与SIRM更适合作为河-湖相沉积物的古气候替代性指标;5)以2.45cm/103a的沉积速率来推算,沉积物的主要物质来源为正常的河-湖相沉积,而直接接受的类似于黄土状的粉尘并不占主导地位 相似文献
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The oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions of minerals from banded iron formations (BIFs) and high-grade ore in the region of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (KMA) were determined in order to estimate the temperature of regional metamorphism and the nature of rock-and ore-forming solutions. Magnetite and hematite of primary sedimentary or diagenetic origin have δ18O within the range from +2 to 6‰. During metamorphism, primary iron oxides, silicates, and carbonates were involved in thermal dissociation and other reactions to form magnetite with δ18O = +6 to +11‰. As follows from a low δ18Oav = ?3.5‰ of mushketovite (magnetite pseudomorphs after hematite) in high-grade ore, this mineral was formed as a product of hematite reduction by organic matter. The comparison of δ18O of iron oxides, siderite, and quartz from BIFs formed at different stages of the evolution of the Kursk protogeosyncline revealed specific sedimentation (diagenesis) conditions and metamorphism of the BIFs belonging to the Kursk and Oskol groups. BIF of the Oskol Group is distinguished by a high δ18O of magnetite compared to other Proterozoic BIFs. Martite ore differs from host BIF by a low δ18O = ?0.2 to ?5.9‰. This implies that oxygen from infiltration water was incorporated into the magnetite lattice during the martite formation. Surface water penetrated to a significant depth through tectonic faults and fractures. 相似文献
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南沙群岛及其邻近海区第四纪气候演化的非线性特征 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
南沙群岛及其邻近海区近１８.５万年以来气候与环境非线性研究表明曾发生三次明显气候转变，形成四个映射区。其中氧同位素第５期与第４期转变较明显，其次是氧同位素第６期与第５期的转变，最后是第３与第２期之间的变化，这与全球第四纪古气候研究结果是一致的，得到了氧同位素和古生物资料的进一步印证。半深海－深海海底沉积物有机质演化阶段在海进海退过程中表现出垂直分带和非线性变化。上陆坡以氧化堆积带为主，有机质供给多、但消耗迅速且水动力相对强；中陆坡为利于有机质保存的还原带；下陆坡为有机质缩合阶段，陆坡下缘－远洋为有机质沉降氧化带与沉积埋藏阶段的植烷形成带。这几个带在古气候、古海平面非线性变化中是沿海底向上或向下迁移的，其变化是非线性的。 相似文献
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Damien Faivre Pierre Agrinier Pierpaolo Zuddas Katavut Pachana Jean-Yves Laval 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2004,68(21):4395-4403
Inorganic magnetite nanocrystals were synthesized in an aqueous medium at 25°C, atmospheric pressure, ionic strength of 0.1 M, oxygen fugacity close to 0, and under controlled chemical affinity, which was maintained constant during an experiment and varied between different experiments. The total concentration of iron in the initial solutions, with Fe(III)/Fe(II) ratios of 2, was varied in order to measure the role of this parameter on the reaction rate, particle morphology, and oxygen isotopic composition. The reaction rates were followed by a pHstat apparatus. The nature and morphology of particles were studied by transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy. Fractionation factors of oxygen isotopes were determined by mass spectrometry after oxygen extraction from the solid on BrF5 lines. At low total iron concentrations, goethite and poorly crystalline iron oxides were observed coexisting with magnetite. At higher concentrations, euhedral single crystals of pure magnetite with an average characteristic size of 10 nm were formed, based on a first-order rate law with respect to total iron concentration. These results confirm that, under high supersaturation conditions, low-temperature inorganic processes can lead to the formation of well-crystallized nanometric magnetite crystals with narrow size distribution. The observed oxygen isotope fractionation factor between magnetite crystals and water was of 0-1‰, similar to the fractionation factor associated with bacterially produced magnetite. We suggest that the solution chemistry used in this study for inorganic precipitation is relevant to better understanding of magnetite precipitation in bacterial magnetosomes, which might thus be characterized by high saturation states and pH. 相似文献
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黔南七星洞石笋古气候变化记录及末次间冰期终止点的确定 总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3
当前在全球气候变化预测研究中,洞穴石笋的高分辨定年和碳、氧同位素组成的变化规律研究,为这个领域的突破和填补空白做出了巨大贡献。通过对贵州都匀七星洞 1号石笋进行 11件TIMS U系测年和 79件碳、氧同位素分析,获得了距今 10 9.0 0kaB.P.至 6 5.90kaB.P.的高分辨率古气候记录。石笋在大于 10 9.0 0kaB.P.前开始生长,于 6 5.90kaB.P.后停止生长,平均沉积速率为 4.5 8mm/ 10 0a,属晚更新世的沉积产物。七星洞 1号石笋剖面的研究揭示,其年龄和δ18O同位素的变化,可以与深海岩芯氧同位素记录所揭示的第五阶段中的 5a、5b、5c和第四阶段的早期进行对比。它的碳、氧同位素记录揭示,在 10 9.0～ 10 2.5kaB.P.和 86.6～ 78.92kaB.P.时段,显示受东亚夏季风影响较强,气温升高,降水增多,δ18O偏负,表现为温暖湿润的气候环境。在 10 2.5～ 86.6kaB.P.时段,显示受东亚夏季风影响强度减弱,受东亚冬季风影响强度增加,气温降低,大气降水减少,δ18O稍趋向偏正,表现为冷凉半湿润-温凉湿润的气候环境;而在 78.92～ 6 5.6kaB.P.时段,显示东亚冬季风强盛和受西北风影响较强,海表温度下降,大气温度降低,降水量较少,δ13O偏重,δ13 C偏正 (C4植物占 95 % ),表现为严寒 相似文献
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内蒙古岱海地区小冰期气候演化特征的地球化学记录 总被引：16，自引：4，他引：16
通过对地处气候敏感带的岱海湖泊岩芯介形类壳体丰度、Sr/Ca和Mg/Ca摩尔比值，以及自生碳酸盐氧同位素组成等地球化学指标的综合分析，结合岩芯的岩性特征和^210Pb、^14C测年，重建了岱海小冰期以来气候环境演化过程，揭示小冰期前期本区以冷湿气候为主，在中后期，气候寒冷干旱，间有气候转温和的冷湿、湿干气候。本区小冰期气温变化与华北其他地区具有一致性，但降水与气温组合状况复杂，反映了明显的区域特征，其原因可能是气候转型期经向环流加强，气旋活动加强所致。 相似文献
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Geostructural setting, as well as mineral and isotopic compositions, of separate apatite deposits and occurrences in the Aldan Shield composed of Precambrian metasedimentary apatite–carbonate rocks are considered. In terms of carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions, they differ from other carbonate rocks of the Aldan Shield, including carbonatites and Ca–Mg metasomatites, and resemble Phanerozoic and Precambrian metasedimentary carbonates. They formed in oxidizing conditions. The contribution of evaporite processes at different stages of their formation is supported by the carbonate enrichment in 13C and the presence of sulfates. It was established that apatite–carbonate rocks represent the product of complex alternation of sedimentary processes at different values of salinity in the basins occasionally characterized by the decomposition of older sediments under subaerial conditions. 相似文献
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The effects of metamorphism on O and Fe isotope compositions in the Biwabik Iron Formation, northern Minnesota 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
Elizabeth Valaas Hyslop John W. Valley Clark M. Johnson Brian L. Beard 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2008,155(3):313-328
The Biwabik Iron Formation of Minnesota (1.9 Ga) underwent contact metamorphism by intrusion of the Duluth Complex (1.1 Ga).
Apparent quartz–magnetite oxygen isotope temperatures decrease from ∼700°C at the contact to ∼375°C at 2.6 km distance (normal
to the contact in 3D). Metamorphic pigeonite at the contact, however, indicates that peak temperatures were greater than 825°C.
The apparent O isotope temperatures, therefore, reflect cooling, and not peak metamorphic conditions. Magnetite was reset
in δ18O as a function of grain size, indicating that isotopic exchange was controlled by diffusion of oxygen in magnetite for samples
from above the grunerite isograd. Apparent quartz–magnetite O isotope temperatures are similar to calculated closure temperatures
for oxygen diffusion in magnetite at a cooling rate of ∼5.6°C/kyr, which suggests that the Biwabik Iron Formation cooled from
∼825 to 400°C in ∼75 kyr at the contact with the Duluth Complex. Isotopic exchange during metamorphism also occurred for Fe,
where magnetite–Fe silicate fractionations decrease with increasing metamorphic grade. Correlations between quartz–magnetite
O isotope fractionations and magnetite–iron silicate Fe isotope fractionations suggest that both reflect cooling, where the
closure temperature for Fe was higher than for O. The net effect of metamorphism on δ18O–δ56Fe variations in magnetite is a strong increase in δ18OMt and a mild decrease in δ56Fe with increasing metamorphic grade, relative to the isotopic compositions that are expected at the low temperatures of initial
magnetite formation. If metamorphism of Iron Formations occurs in a closed system, bulk O and Fe isotope compositions may
be preserved, although re-equilibration among the minerals may occur for both O and Fe isotopes.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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A. Yu. Guzhikov M. V. Pimenov S. Yu. Malenkina A. G. Manikin S. V. Astarkin 《Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation》2010,18(1):42-62
The Bathonian—Callovian boundary section located near the Prosek Settlement (Nizhni Novgorod region) is described with the
characteristic of its grain-size composition and terrigenous—mineralogical, petromagnetic, and paleomagnetic properties. Based
on lithological—mineralogical and petromagnetic data, the section is subdivided into four members corresponding to the most
significant sedimentation rhythms. No sharp changes in the composition of sediments are noted through the section, which indicates
its relative continuity. Despite the significant re magnetization of these sediments during the Quaternary, the characteristic
component (ChRM) is definable by the method of the intersection of large circles. The similarity between coordinates of the
calculated virtual geomagnetic pole (VGMP) and the positions of standard virtual geomagnetic poles in the stable European
continent during corresponding periods serves as an important argument in favor of the primary nature of the ChRM. The compiled
magnetostratigraphic section is well consistent with the paleomagnetic zonation, established in the coeval sediments of “West
Europe. As compared with the Bathonian—Callovian boundary section in the Albstadt—Pfeffingen of Germany, which claims to the
GSSP role, the Prosek section represents a more favorable object for paleomagnetic studies. Combined with the lack of large-scale
gaps in the sedimentary record and, with other conditions being equal, this makes this section a more preferable candidate
for the Callovian GSSP standard. 相似文献
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THOMAS B. KELLOGG JEAN CLAUDE DUPLESSY NICHOLAS J. SHACKLETON 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1978,7(1):61-73
BOREAS Kellogg, T. B., Duplessy, J. C. & Shackleton, N. J. 1978 03 01: Planktonic foraminiferal and oxygen isotopic stratigraphy and paleoclimatology of Norwegian Sea deep-sea cores. Boreas. Vol. 7, pp. 61–73. Oslo. ISSN 0300–9483.
Three Norwegian Sea deep-sea cores, which penetrate to sediments at least 200,000 years old, were analyzed for oxygen isotope content, total calcium carbonate, and planktonic foraminifera. The oxygen isotopic stratigraphy was used to refine the time control for paleoclimatic and paleo-oceanographic events previously described for the region. Two pulses of relatively warm subpolar water entered the region between 124,000 B.P. and 115,000 B.P. (the last interglacial), and since about 13,000 B.P. The remaining portion of the last 150,000 years was characterized by extensive ice cover. The magnitude of the change in isotopic composition between peak glacial and peak interglacial conditions is larger than can be explained by the changing isotopic content of the oceans alone suggesting that large temperature and salinity effects are recorded in isotope curves from Norwegian Sea isotope curves. The magnitude of the isotopic change from substage 5e to 5d (greater than 1%) is attributed to a combination of changing oceanic isotopic composition combined with a large temperature effect due to a sudden sea-surface temperature decrease of about 6o C. The persistence of heavy isotope values throughout substages 5d through 5a may be related to the sea-ice cover which prevented dilution of the isotopically heavy waters by isotopically light run-off. Sedimentation rates calculated for each of the isotope stages show large changes from one stage to another with some tendency for odd numbered stages to have higher rates. 相似文献
Three Norwegian Sea deep-sea cores, which penetrate to sediments at least 200,000 years old, were analyzed for oxygen isotope content, total calcium carbonate, and planktonic foraminifera. The oxygen isotopic stratigraphy was used to refine the time control for paleoclimatic and paleo-oceanographic events previously described for the region. Two pulses of relatively warm subpolar water entered the region between 124,000 B.P. and 115,000 B.P. (the last interglacial), and since about 13,000 B.P. The remaining portion of the last 150,000 years was characterized by extensive ice cover. The magnitude of the change in isotopic composition between peak glacial and peak interglacial conditions is larger than can be explained by the changing isotopic content of the oceans alone suggesting that large temperature and salinity effects are recorded in isotope curves from Norwegian Sea isotope curves. The magnitude of the isotopic change from substage 5e to 5d (greater than 1%) is attributed to a combination of changing oceanic isotopic composition combined with a large temperature effect due to a sudden sea-surface temperature decrease of about 6