Multiple carbon cycle mechanisms associated with the glaciation of Marine Isotope Stage 4
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Multiple carbon cycle mechanisms associated with the glaciation of Marine Isotope Stage 4. / Menking, James A.; Shackleton, Sarah A.; Bauska, Thomas K.; Buffen, Aron M.; Brook, Edward J.; Barker, Stephen; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Dyonisius, Michael N.; Petrenko, Vasilii V.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 13, No. 1, 5443, 16.09.2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Multiple carbon cycle mechanisms associated with the glaciation of Marine Isotope Stage 4
AU - Menking, James A.
AU - Shackleton, Sarah A.
AU - Bauska, Thomas K.
AU - Buffen, Aron M.
AU - Brook, Edward J.
AU - Barker, Stephen
AU - Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.
AU - Dyonisius, Michael N.
AU - Petrenko, Vasilii V.
PY - 2022/9/16
Y1 - 2022/9/16
N2 - Here we use high-precision carbon isotope data (delta C-13-CO2) to show atmospheric CO2 during Marine Isotope Stage 4 (MIS 4, similar to 70.5-59 ka) was controlled by a succession of millennial-scale processes. Enriched delta C-13-CO2 during peak glaciation suggests increased ocean carbon storage. Variations in delta C-13-CO2 in early MIS 4 suggest multiple processes were active during CO2 drawdown, potentially including decreased land carbon and decreased Southern Ocean air-sea gas exchange superposed on increased ocean carbon storage. CO2 remained low during MIS 4 while delta C-13-CO2 fluctuations suggest changes in Southern Ocean and North Atlantic air-sea gas exchange. A 7 ppm increase in CO2 at the onset of Dansgaard-Oeschger event 19 (72.1 ka) and 27 ppm increase in CO2 during late MIS 4 (Heinrich Stadial 6, similar to 63.5-60 ka) involved additions of isotopically light carbon to the atmosphere. The terrestrial biosphere and Southern Ocean air-sea gas exchange are possible sources, with the latter event also involving decreased ocean carbon storage.
AB - Here we use high-precision carbon isotope data (delta C-13-CO2) to show atmospheric CO2 during Marine Isotope Stage 4 (MIS 4, similar to 70.5-59 ka) was controlled by a succession of millennial-scale processes. Enriched delta C-13-CO2 during peak glaciation suggests increased ocean carbon storage. Variations in delta C-13-CO2 in early MIS 4 suggest multiple processes were active during CO2 drawdown, potentially including decreased land carbon and decreased Southern Ocean air-sea gas exchange superposed on increased ocean carbon storage. CO2 remained low during MIS 4 while delta C-13-CO2 fluctuations suggest changes in Southern Ocean and North Atlantic air-sea gas exchange. A 7 ppm increase in CO2 at the onset of Dansgaard-Oeschger event 19 (72.1 ka) and 27 ppm increase in CO2 during late MIS 4 (Heinrich Stadial 6, similar to 63.5-60 ka) involved additions of isotopically light carbon to the atmosphere. The terrestrial biosphere and Southern Ocean air-sea gas exchange are possible sources, with the latter event also involving decreased ocean carbon storage.
KW - ATMOSPHERIC NITROUS-OXIDE
KW - DEEP SOUTHERN-OCEAN
KW - ANTARCTIC ICE
KW - POLAR ICE
KW - OVERTURNING CIRCULATION
KW - CHRONOLOGY AICC2012
KW - IRON FERTILIZATION
KW - CO2 VARIABILITY
KW - DEGLACIAL RISE
KW - TAYLOR GLACIER
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-022-33166-3
DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-33166-3
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36114188
VL - 13
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
M1 - 5443
ER -
ID: 320756912