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A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

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  • Heiko Pälike

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.)

  • Mitchell W. Lyle

    (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77840-3146, USA.)

  • Hiroshi Nishi

    (The Center for Academic Resources and Archives, Tohoku University Museum, Tohoku University, Aramaki Aza Aoba 6-3, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.)

  • Isabella Raffi

    (DiGAT–CeRS Geo, Universitá “G. DAnnunzio”, Campus Universitario, via dei Vestini 31, Chieti Scalo, Italy.)

  • Andy Ridgwell

    (School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK.)

  • Kusali Gamage

    (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, 1000 Discovery Drive, College Station, Texas 77845-9547, USA.)

  • Adam Klaus

    (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, 1000 Discovery Drive, College Station, Texas 77845-9547, USA.)

  • Gary Acton

    (University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA.)

  • Louise Anderson

    (University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.)

  • Jan Backman

    (Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.)

  • Jack Baldauf

    (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77840-3146, USA.)

  • Catherine Beltran

    (UPMC-Université Paris 06, ISTeP, UMR 7193-4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.)

  • Steven M. Bohaty

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.)

  • Paul Bown

    (Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.)

  • William Busch

    (Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA.)

  • Jim E. T. Channell

    (University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, Florida 32611-2120, USA.)

  • Cecily O. J. Chun

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.
    Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
    Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BIK-F), and Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany.)

  • Margaret Delaney

    (Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.)

  • Pawan Dewangan

    (National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India.)

  • Tom Dunkley Jones

    (Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
    School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.)

  • Kirsty M. Edgar

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.
    School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.)

  • Helen Evans

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, USA.)

  • Peter Fitch

    (Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.)

  • Gavin L. Foster

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.)

  • Nikolaus Gussone

    (Institut für Mineralogie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, 48149 Münster, Germany.)

  • Hitoshi Hasegawa

    (Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, N10W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.)

  • Ed C. Hathorne

    (GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstrasse 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany.)

  • Hiroki Hayashi

    (Interdisciplinary Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsucho, Matsue City, Shimane 690-8504, Japan.)

  • Jens O. Herrle

    (Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
    Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BIK-F), and Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany.)

  • Ann Holbourn

    (Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany.)

  • Steve Hovan

    (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 114 Walsh Hall, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705, USA.)

  • Kiseong Hyeong

    (Deep Sea Resources Research Center, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, ANSAN PO Box 29, Seoul 425-600, Korea.)

  • Koichi Iijima

    (Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.)

  • Takashi Ito

    (Faculty of Education, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito, Ibaraki 310-8512, Japan.)

  • Shin-ichi Kamikuri

    (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-10, Nishi-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
    Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8502, Japan.)

  • Katsunori Kimoto

    (Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima-Cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.)

  • Junichiro Kuroda

    (Institute for Frontier Research on Earth Evolution (IFREE), JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.)

  • Lizette Leon-Rodriguez

    (Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-126, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.)

  • Alberto Malinverno

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, USA.)

  • Ted C. Moore Jr

    (University of Michigan, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1005, USA.)

  • Brandon H. Murphy

    (Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.)

  • Daniel P. Murphy

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.
    Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77840-3146, USA.)

  • Hideto Nakamura

    (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-10, Nishi-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.)

  • Kaoru Ogane

    (Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-4, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai City 980-8578, Japan.)

  • Christian Ohneiser

    (University of Otago)

  • Carl Richter

    (School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana, PO Box 44530, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-0002, USA.)

  • Rebecca Robinson

    (Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, USA.)

  • Eelco J. Rohling

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.)

  • Oscar Romero

    (Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva)

  • Ken Sawada

    (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-10, Nishi-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.)

  • Howie Scher

    (701 Sumter Street, EWS 617 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.)

  • Leah Schneider

    (Pennsylvania State University, 509 Deike Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.)

  • Appy Sluijs

    (Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Budapestlaan 4, 3584CD Utrecht, The Netherlands.)

  • Hiroyuki Takata

    (BK21 Coastal Environmental System School, Pusan National University, San 30 Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 609-735, Korea.)

  • Jun Tian

    (State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, China.)

  • Akira Tsujimoto

    (Faculty of Education, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsucho, Matsue City, Shimane 690-8504, Japan.)

  • Bridget S. Wade

    (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3115, USA.
    School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.)

  • Thomas Westerhold

    (Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen)

  • Roy Wilkens

    (Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.)

  • Trevor Williams

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, USA.)

  • Paul A. Wilson

    (Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.)

  • Yuhji Yamamoto

    (Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8502, Japan.)

  • Shinya Yamamoto

    (Yamanashi Institute of Environmental Sciences, 5597-1 Kenmarubi, Kamiyoshida, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi 403-0005, Japan.)

  • Toshitsugu Yamazaki

    (Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8567, Japan.)

  • Richard E. Zeebe

    (School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1000 Pope Road, MSB 504, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.)

Abstract

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and climate are regulated on geological timescales by the balance between carbon input from volcanic and metamorphic outgassing and its removal by weathering feedbacks; these feedbacks involve the erosion of silicate rocks and organic-carbon-bearing rocks. The integrated effect of these processes is reflected in the calcium carbonate compensation depth, which is the oceanic depth at which calcium carbonate is dissolved. Here we present a carbonate accumulation record that covers the past 53 million years from a depth transect in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The carbonate compensation depth tracks long-term ocean cooling, deepening from 3.0–3.5 kilometres during the early Cenozoic (approximately 55 million years ago) to 4.6 kilometres at present, consistent with an overall Cenozoic increase in weathering. We find large superimposed fluctuations in carbonate compensation depth during the middle and late Eocene. Using Earth system models, we identify changes in weathering and the mode of organic-carbon delivery as two key processes to explain these large-scale Eocene fluctuations of the carbonate compensation depth.

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  • Heiko Pälike & Mitchell W. Lyle & Hiroshi Nishi & Isabella Raffi & Andy Ridgwell & Kusali Gamage & Adam Klaus & Gary Acton & Louise Anderson & Jan Backman & Jack Baldauf & Catherine Beltran & Steven M, 2012. "A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth," Nature, Nature, vol. 488(7413), pages 609-614, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:488:y:2012:i:7413:d:10.1038_nature11360
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11360
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