Global variations of surface ocean productivity in low and mid latitudes: Influence on CO2 reservoirs of the deep ocean and atmosphere during the last 21,000 years

American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Tập 3 Số 3 - Trang 361-399 - 1988
Michael Sarnthein1, Kyaw Winn1, Jean‐Claude Duplessy2, Michael R. Fontugne2
1Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel (Allemagne)
2Centre des Faibles Radioactivités (91190 Gif sur Yvette - France)

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Based on detailed reconstructions of global distribution patterns, both paleoproductivity and the benthic δ13C record of CO2, which is dissolved in the deep ocean, strongly differed between the Last Glacial Maximum and the Holocene. With the onset of Termination I about 15,000 years ago, the new (export) production of low‐ and mid‐latitude upwelling cells started to decline by more than 2‐4 Gt carbon/year. This reduction is regarded as a main factor leading to both the simultaneous rise in atmospheric CO2 as recorded in ice cores and, with a slight delay of more than 1000 years, to a large‐scale gradual CO2 depletion of the deep ocean by about 650 Gt C. This estimate is based on an average increase in benthic δ13C by 0.4–0.5‰. The decrease in new production also matches a clear 13C depletion of organic matter, possibly recording an end of extreme nutrient utilization in upwelling cells. As shown by Sarnthein et al., [1987], the productivity reversal appears to be triggered by a rapid reduction in the strength of meridional trades, which in turn was linked via a shrinking extent of sea ice to a massive increase in high‐latitude insolation, i.e., to orbital forcing as primary cause.

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