The Pliocene to recent history of the Kuroshio and Tsushima Currents: a multi-proxy approach

SJ Gallagher, A Kitamura, Y Iryu, T Itaki… - Progress in Earth and …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The Kuroshio Current is a major western boundary current controlled by the North
Pacific Gyre. It brings warm subtropical waters from the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool to Japan …

Oxygen isotopes in foraminifera: Overview and historical review

PN Pearson - The Paleontological Society Papers, 2012 - cambridge.org
Foraminiferal tests are a common component of many marine sediments. The oxygen
isotope ratio (δ18O) of test calcite is frequently used to reconstruct aspects of their life …

Reevaluation of the oxygen isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera: Experimental results and revised paleotemperature equations

BE Bemis, HJ Spero, J Bijma, DW Lea - Paleoceanography, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Cultured planktonic foraminifera, Orbulina universa (symbiotic) and Globigerina bulloides
(nonsymbiotic), are used to reexamine temperature: δ18O relationships at 15°–25° C …

Sea–land oxygen isotopic relationships from planktonic foraminifera and speleothems in the Eastern Mediterranean region and their implication for paleorainfall …

M Bar-Matthews, A Ayalon, M Gilmour… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2003 - Elsevier
The oxygen and carbon stable isotope compositions of cave speleothems provide a
powerful method for understanding continental climate change. Here, we examine the …

Oceanic anoxic events and plankton evolution: Biotic response to tectonic forcing during the mid‐Cretaceous

RM Leckie, TJ Bralower, R Cashman - Paleoceanography, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Mid‐Cretaceous (Barremian‐Turonian) plankton preserved in deep‐sea marl, organic‐rich
shale, and pelagic carbonate hold an important record of how the marine biosphere …

Factors controlling 13C contents of sedimentary organic compounds: Principles and evidence

JM Hayes - Marine Geology, 1993 - Elsevier
The carbon isotopic composition of any naturally synthesized organic compound depends
on (1) the carbon source utilized,(2) isotope effects associated with assimilation of carbon by …

Effect of seawater carbonate concentration on foraminiferal carbon and oxygen isotopes

HJ Spero, J Bijma, DW Lea, BE Bemis - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Stable oxygen and carbon isotope measurements on biogenic calcite and aragonite have
become standard tools for reconstructing past oceanographic and climatic change. In …

Climate impact of late Quaternary equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature variations

DW Lea, DK Pak, HJ Spero - Science, 2000 - science.org
Magnesium/calcium data from planktonic foraminifera in equatorial Pacific sediment cores
demonstrate that tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were 2.8°±0.7° C colder …

East Asian monsoon climate during the Late Pleistocene: high-resolution sediment records from the South China Sea

L Wang, M Sarnthein, H Erlenkeuser, J Grimalt… - Marine Geology, 1999 - Elsevier
Based on the study of 10 sediment cores and 40 core-top samples from the South China
Sea (SCS) we obtained proxy records of past changes in East Asian monsoon climate on …

El Niño–Southern oscillation extrema in the holocene and last glacial maximum

A Koutavas, S Joanides - Paleoceanography, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the largest engine of interannual climate
variability on the planet, yet its past behavior and potential for future change are poorly …