A.C. Elmore
Testing the extraction of past seawater Nd isotopic composition from North Atlantic deep sea sediments and foraminifera
Elmore, A.C.; Piotrowski, A.M.; Wright, J.D.; Scrivner, A.E.
Authors
A.M. Piotrowski
J.D. Wright
A.E. Scrivner
Abstract
Neodymium isotopes provide a paleoceanographic proxy for past deep water circulation and local weathering changes and have been measured on various authigenic marine sediment components, including fish teeth, ferromanganese oxides extracted by acid-reductive leaching, cleaned foraminifera, and foraminifera with Fe-Mn oxide coatings. Here we compare Nd isotopic measurements obtained from ferromanganese oxides leached from bulk sediments and planktonic foraminifera, as well as from oxidatively-reductively cleaned foraminiferal shells from sediment cores in the North Atlantic. Sedimentary volcanic ash contributes a significant fraction of the Nd when the ferro-manganese (Fe-Mn) oxide coatings are leached from bulk sediments. Reductive leachates of marine sediments from North Atlantic core tops near Iceland, or directly downstream from Iceland-Scotland Overflow Waters, record ɛNd values that are significantly higher than seawater, indicating that volcanic material is easily leached by acid-reductive methods. The ɛNd values from sites more distal to Iceland are similar to modern seawater values, showing little contamination from Iceland-derived volcanogenic material. In all comparisons, core top planktonic foraminifera ɛNd values more closely approximate modern deep seawater than the bulk sediment reductive leached value suggesting that the foraminifera provide a route toward quantifying the Nd isotopic signature of deep North Atlantic water masses.
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Elmore, A., Piotrowski, A., Wright, J., & Scrivner, A. (2011). Testing the extraction of past seawater Nd isotopic composition from North Atlantic deep sea sediments and foraminifera. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12(9), Article Q09008. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011gc003741
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Sep 30, 2011 |
Deposit Date | May 21, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 12, 2016 |
Journal | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems |
Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 9 |
Article Number | Q09008 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1029/2011gc003741 |
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Elmore, A. C., A. M. Piotrowski, J. D. Wright, and A. E. Scrivner (2011), Testing the extraction of past seawater Nd isotopic composition from North Atlantic deep sea sediments and foraminifera, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q09008, doi: 10.1029/2011GC003741. To view the published open abstract, go to https://doi.org/ and enter the DOI.
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