Subt, Cristina and Thomas, Debbie (2012): Pb isotopic composition of Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene Pacific water masses

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 145
DSDP 19
DSDP 35
DSDP 62
DSDP 91
DSDP 19 192
DSDP 35 323
DSDP 62 464
DSDP 91 596
ODP 145 883
Identifier:
2013-047186
georefid

Creator:
Subt, Cristina
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
author

Thomas, Debbie
author

Identification:
Pb isotopic composition of Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene Pacific water masses
2012
In: Anonymous, Geological Society of America, 2012 annual meeting
Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States
44
7
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The meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is an important component of modern global heat transport. Thus past changes in the mode of MOC are widely assumed to have influenced ancient climate. In order to understand the effect of changes in the MOC played on past climate we need to determine where convection occurred. The Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene interval ( approximately 75 to 45 Ma) was characterized by low meridional temperature gradients. Nd isotopes indicate a high-latitude convection in the Pacific Ocean during this interval, with deep waters mixing in the tropical Pacific. Here we investigate the evolution of the Pb isotopic composition of water masses in the Pacific to constrain variability in weathering inputs into the inferred convection regions from approximately 75 to 45 Ma. We generated Pb isotope records for North Pacific DSDP and ODP Sites 192, 464, and 883, and South Pacific DSDP Sites 323 and 596. The North Pacific (super 206) Pb/ (super 204) Pb values range from 18.3 to 18.8, with the exception of one highly radiogenic value (19.1, at approximately 65 Ma) recorded at Site 464. Site 883 records a trend toward more radiogenic values from 62 to 40 Ma but preliminary data from Sites 192 and 464 indicate no significant trend. The North Pacific values are consistent with end-member values expected in deep Pacific waters from weathering of exposed arc volcanics ( approximately 18.5 to 18.8). The high value recorded at site 464 may result from a change in eolian inputs. South Pacific sites record (super 206) Pb/ (super 204) Pb values between 18.7 and 19.2. Preliminary data from Site 323 indicates no significant variability or trend, and is consistent with the general values expected at this site due to its proximity to the Antarctic Peninsula arc volcanics. Site 596 values vary throughout the record with a maximum value of 19.2 at approximately 66 Ma. This radiogenic value coincides approximately with the radiogenic value recorded at Site 464. Comparison of preliminary Pb isotope data to existing Nd data indicates that the two tracers appear to be coupled. Sites furthest north and south generally follow the same trends suggesting that deep water composition exerts the strongest influence on the Pb isotopic composition close to the regions of deep-water convection. The higher and more variable Pb values of the subtropical sites 464 and 596 potentially reflect Pb from dust dissolution.
English
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:53.0035
West:-165.3917East: 173.5320
South:-63.4050

Stratigraphy; absolute age; Cenozoic; Cretaceous; Deep Sea Drilling Project; Detroit Seamount; DSDP Site 192; DSDP Site 323; DSDP Site 464; DSDP Site 596; East Pacific; Emperor Seamounts; Hess Rise; IPOD; isotopes; Leg 145; Leg 19; Leg 35; Leg 62; Leg 91; lower Paleogene; Mesozoic; Nd/Nd; North Pacific; Northwest Pacific; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 883; Pacific Ocean; paleo-oceanography; paleoclimatology; Paleogene; Pb/Pb; South Pacific; Southeast Pacific; Southern Ocean; Tertiary; Upper Cretaceous; West Pacific;

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