Oxygen depletion recorded in upper waters of the glacial Southern Ocean

Zunli Lu; Babette A. A. Hoogakker; Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand; Xiaoli Zhou; Ellen Thomas; Kristina M. Gutchess; Wanyi Lu; Luke Jones; Rosalind E. M. Rickaby

doi:10.1038/ncomms11146

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Oxygen depletion recorded in upper waters of the glacial Southern Ocean

Zunli Lu,
Babette A. A. Hoogakker,
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand,
Xiaoli Zhou,
Ellen Thomas,
Kristina M. Gutchess,
Wanyi Lu,
Luke Jones,
Rosalind E. M. Rickaby

Affiliations

Zunli Lu: Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University
Babette A. A. Hoogakker: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand: British Antarctic Survey
Xiaoli Zhou: Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University
Ellen Thomas: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
Kristina M. Gutchess: Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University
Wanyi Lu: Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University
Luke Jones: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Rosalind E. M. Rickaby: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11146
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Oxygen depletion in the ocean interior may be closely linked to atmospheric CO2level, yet robust proxies are scarce. Here, using foraminiferal I/Ca as a proxy for oxygenation changes, the authors show that oxygen depletion in the upper waters of the high latitude Southern Ocean occurred during glacials.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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