Water mass circulation on Demerara Rise during the Late Cretaceous based on Nd isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 327-328, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-120

  Martin, E E ^a   MacLeod, K G ^b   Jimenez Berrocoso A ^c   Bourbon, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demerara Rise; Late Cretaceous; Nd isotopes; OAE2; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

DEMERARA RISE; LATE CRETACEOUS; ND ISOTOPES; OAE2; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GREENHOUSES; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL ZONE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BLACK SHALE; CENOMANIAN; CONIACIAN; CRETACEOUS; HEAT TRANSFER; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBMARINE PLATEAU; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); DEMERARA RISE;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 84857974673     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.037     Document Type: Article

References (106)

1. Adams D.D., Hurtgen M.T., Sageman B.B. Volcanic triggering of a biogeochemical cascade during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Nat. Geosci. 2010, 3:201-204.
2. Amakawa H., Nozaki Y., Alibo D.S., Zhang J., Fukugawa K., Nagai H. Neodymium isotopic variations in Northwest Pacific waters. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2004, 68:715-727.
3. Amakawa H., Sasaki K., Ebihara M. Nd isotopic composition in the central North Pacific. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2009, 73:4705-4719.
4. Arsouze T., Dutay J.C., Lacan F., Jeandel C. Modeling the neodymium isotopic composition with a global ocean circulation model. Chem. Geol. 2007, 239:165-177.
5. Arsouze T., Dutay J.C., Lacan F., Jeandel C. Reconstructing the Nd oceanic cycle using a coupled dynamical-biogeochemical model. Biogeosciences 2009, 6:2829-2846.
6. Arthur M.A., Natland J.H. Carbonaceous sediments in the North and South Atlantic: the role of salinity in stable stratification of Early Cretaceous basin. Maurice Ewing Symposium Series 1979, 3:375-401. Am. Geophys. Union, Washington D.C. M. Talwani (Ed.).
7. Arthur M.A., Sageman B.B. Marine black shales - depositional mechanisms and environments of ancient-deposits. Ann. Rev. Earth and Planet. Sci. 1994, 22:499-551.
8. Arthur M.A., Schlanger S.O., Jenkyns H.C. The Cenomanian-Turonian oceanic anoxic event, II. Paleoceanographic controls on organic-matter production and preservation. Geological Society of London. Spec. Publ. 1987, 26:401-420.
9. 2 pulse during Ocean Anoxic Event 2. Nat. Geosci. 2010, 3:205-208.
10. Baringer M.O., Price J.F. A review of the physical oceanography of the Mediterranean outflow. Mar. Geol. 1999, 155:63-82.
11. Barron E.J. Warm, equable Cretaceous: the nature of the problem. Earth Sci. Rev. 1983, 19:305-338.
12. Barron E.J. Eocene equator-to-pole surface temperature: a significant climate problem?. Paleoceanography 1987, 50:45-61.
13. Barron E.J., Peterson W.H. The Cenozoic ocean circulation based on Ocean General-Circulation model results. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 1991, 83:1-28.
14. Bayon G., German C.R., Boella R.M., Milton J.A., Taylor R.N., Nesbitt R.W. An improved method for extracting marine sediment fractions and its application to Sr and Nd isotopic analysis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2002, 187:170-199.
15. Bice K.L., Marotzke J. Numerical evidence against reversed thermohaline circulation in the warm Paleocene/Eocene ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 2001, 106:11,529-11,542.
16. Bice K.L., Barron E.J., Peterson W.H. Continental runoff and early Cenozoic bottom-water sources. Geology 1997, 25:951-954.
17. 2 concentrations. Paleoceanography 2006, 21.
18. Brady E.C., DeConto R.M., Thompson S.L. Deep water formation and poleward ocean heat transport in the warm climate extreme of the Cretaceous (80Ma). Geophys. Res. Lett. 1998, 25:4205-4208.
19. Bralower T.J., Thierstein H.R. Low productivity and slow deep-water circulation in mid-Cretaceous oceans. Geology 1984, 12:614-618.
20. Brass G.W., Southam J.R., Peterson W.H. Warm saline bottom water in the ancient ocean. Nature 1982, 296:620-623.
21. Cerling T.E. Carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere - evidence from Cenozoic and Mesozoic paleosols. Am. J. Sci. 1991, 291:377-400.
22. Chamberlin T.C. On a possible reversal of deep-sea circulation and its influence on geologic climates. J. Geol. 1906, 14:363-373.
23. Clarke L.J., Jenkyns H.C. New oxygen isotope evidence for long-term Cretaceous climatic change in the Southern Hemisphere. Geology 1999, 27:699-702.
24. Diester-Haass L., Robert C., Chamley H. Paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic evolution in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) during the middle Eocene-late Oligocene, from a coarse sediment fraction and clay mineral data (ODP Site 689). Mar. Geol. 1993, 114:233-250.
25. Erbacher J., Huber B.T., Norris R.D., Markey M. Increased thermohaline stratification as a possible cause for an ocean anoxic event in the Cretaceous period. Nature 2001, 409:325-327.
26. Erbacher J., Friedrich O., Wilson P.A., Birch H., Mutterlose J. Stable organic carbon isotope stratigraphy across Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 of Demerara Rise, western tropical Atlantic. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 2005, 6. 10.1029/2004GC000850.
27. Forster A., Schouten S., Moriya K., Wilson P.A., Damste J.S.S. Tropical warming and intermittent cooling during the Cenomanian/Turonian oceanic anoxic event 2: sea surface temperature records from the equatorial Atlantic. Paleoceanography 2007, 22. 10.1029/2006PA001349.
28. Frank T.D., Thomas D.J., Leckie R.M., Arthur M.A., Bown P.R., Jones K., Lees J.A. The Maastrichtian record from Shatsky Rise (northwest Pacific): a tropical perspective on global ecological and oceanographic changes. Paleoceanography 2005, 20.
29. Friedrich O., Erbacher J., Mutterlose J. Paleoenvironmental changes across the Cenomanian/Turonian Boundary Event (Oceanic Anoxic Event 2) as indicated by benthic foraminifera form the Demerara Rise (ODP Leg 207). Rev. Micropaleontol. 2006, 49:121-139.
30. Friedrich O., Erbacher J., Moriya K., Wilson P.A., Kuhnert H. Warm saline intermediate waters in the Cretaceous tropical Atlantic Ocean. Nat. Geosci. 2008, 1:453-457.
31. German C.R., Klinkhammer G.P., Edmond J.M., Mitra A., Elderfield H. Hydrothermal scavenging of rare-earth elements in the ocean. Nature 1990, 345:516-518.
32. Goldstein S.L., Hemming S.H. Long lived isotopic tracers in oceanography, paleoceanography, and ice sheet dynamics. Treatise on Geochemistry 2003, 453-489. Elsevier, New York. H. Elderfield (Ed.).
33. Goldstein S.L., Arndt N.T., Stallard R.F. The history of a continent from U-Pb ages of zircons from the Orinoco River sand and Sm-Nd isotopes in Orinoco basin river sediments. Chem. Geol. 1997, 139:271-286. 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00039-9.
34. Halliday A.N., Davidson J.P., Holden P., Owen R.M., Olivarez A.M. Metalliferous sediments and the scavenging residence time of Nd near hydrothermal vents. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1992, 19:761-764.
35. Handoh I.C., Bigg G.R., Jones E.J.W., Inoue M. An ocean modeling study of the Cenomanian Atlantic: equatorial paleo-upwelling, organic-rich sediments and the consequences for a connection between the proto-North and South Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1999, 26:223-226.
36. Hardas P., Mutterlose J. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary interval of ODP 207 at the Demerara Rise. Rev. Micropaleontol. 2006, 49:165-179.
37. Haupt B.J., Seidov D. Warm deep-water ocean conveyor during Cretaceous time. Geology 2001, 29:295-298.
38. Hay W.W. Can humans force a return to a 'Cretaceous' climate?. Sediment. Geol. 2011, 235:5-26. 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.14.015.
39. Hetzel A., Bottcher M.E., Wortmann U.G., Brumsack H.J. Paleo-redox conditions during OAE 2 reflected in Demerara Rise sediment geochemistry (ODP Leg 207). Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 2009, 273:302-328.
40. Hetzel A., Marz C., Vogt C., Brumsack H.J. Geochemical environment of Cenomanian - Turonian black shale deposition at Wunstorf (northern Germany). Cret. Res. 2011, 32:480-494.
41. Horikawa K., Martin E.E., Asahara Y., Sagawa T. Limits on conservative behavior of Nd isotopes in seawater assessed from analysis of fish teeth from Pacific core tops. Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett. 2011, 310:119-130.
42. Huber M., Sloan L.C. Heat transport, deep waters, and thermal gradients: coupled simulation of an Eocene greenhouse climate. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2001, 28:3481-3484.
43. Huber B.T., Norris R.D., MacLeod K.G. Deep-sea paleotemperature record of extreme warmth during the Cretaceous. Geology 2002, 30:123-126.
44. Isaza Londoño C., MacLeod K.G., Huber B.T. Maastrichtian North Atlantic warming, increasing stratification, and foraminiferal paleobiology at three timescales. Paleoceanography 2006, 21:PA1012.
45. Jeandel C., Arsouze T., Lacan F., Techine P., Dutay J.C. Isotopic Nd compositions and concentrations of the lithogenic inputs into the ocean: a compilation, with an emphasis on the margins. Chem. Geol. 2007, 239:156-164.
46. Jenkyns H.C. Geochemistry of oceanic anoxic events. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 2010, 11:Q03004.
47. Jenkyns H.C., Forster A., Schouten S., Damste J.S.S. High temperatures in the Late Cretaceous Arctic Ocean. Nature 2004, 432:888-892.
48. Jiménez Berrocoso A., MacLeod K.G., Calvert S.E., Elorza J. Bottom water anoxia, inoceramid colonization, and benthopelagic coupling during black shale deposition on Demerara Rise. Paleoceanography 2008, 23:PA3212.
49. Jiménez Berrocoso A., MacLeod K.G., Martin E.E., Bourbon E., Londono C.I., Basak C. Nutrient trap for Late Cretaceous organic-rich black shales in the tropical North Atlantic. Geology 2010, 38:1111-1114.
50. Jones K.M., Khatiwala S.P., Goldstein S.L., Hemming S.R., van de Flierdt T. Modeling the distribution of Nd isotopes in the oceans using an ocean general circulation model. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2008, 272:610-619.
51. Kennett J.P., Stott L.D. Proteus and Proto-Oceanus: ancestral Paleogene oceans as revealed from Antarctic stable isotopic results. ODP Leg 113, ODP Sci. Results 1990, 113:667-673.
52. Kuroda J., Ogawa N.O., Tanimizu M., Coffin M.F., Tokuyama H., Kitazato H., Ohkouchi N. Contemporaneous massive subaerial volcanism and Late Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2007, 256:211-223.
53. Lacan F., Jeandel C. Acquisition of the neodymium isotopic composition of the North Atlantic Deep Water. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 2005, 6. 10.1029/2005GC000956.
54. Lacan F., Jeandel C. Neodymium isotopes as a new tool for quantifying exchange fluxes at the continent-ocean interface. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2005, 232:245-257.
55. Leckie R.M., Bralower T.J., Cashman R. Oceanic anoxic events and plankton evolution: biotic response to tectonic forcing during the mid-Cretaceous. Paleoceanography 2002, 17.
56. MacLeod K.G., Huber B.T. Reorganization of deep ocean circulation accompanying a Late Cretaceous extinction event. Nature 1996, 380:422-425.
57. MacLeod K.G., Huber B.T., Isaza Londoño C. North Atlantic warming during "global" cooling at the end of the Cretaceous. Geology 2005, 33:437-440. 10.1130/G21466.1.
58. MacLeod K.G., Martin E.E., Blair S.W. Nd isotopic excursion across Cretaceous ocean anoxic event 2 (Cenomanian-Turonian) in the tropical North Atlantic. Geology 2008, 36:811-814. 10.1130/G24999A.1.
59. MacLeod K.G., Isaza-Londoño C., Martin E.E., Jimenez Berrocoso A., Basak C. Changes in North Atlantic circulation at the end of the Cretaceous greenhouse interval. Nat. Geosci. 2011, 4:779-782. 10.1038/NGEO1284.
60. Martin E.E., Scher H.D. Preservation of seawater Sr and Nd isotopes in fossil fish teeth: bad news and good news. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2004, 220:25-39.
61. Martin E.E., Blair S.W., Kamenov G.D., Scher H.D., Bourbon E., Basak C., Newkirk D.N. Extraction of Nd isotopes from bulk deep sea sediments for paleoceanographic studies on Cenozoic time scales. Chem. Geol. 2010, 269:414-431.
62. Michard A., Albareda F., Michard G., Minster J.F., Charlou J.L. Rare-earth elements and uranium in high-temperature solutions from East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent field (13N). Nature 1983, 303:795-797.
63. Nakai S., Halliday A.N., Rea D.K. Provenance of dust in the pacific Ocean. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 1993, 119:143-157.
64. Nederbragt A.J., Thurow J., Pearce R. Sediment composition and cyclicity in the Mid-Cretaceous at Demerara Rise. Ocean Drilling Program 2007, Volume 207. 10.2973/odp.proc.sr.207.103.2007.
65. Norris R.D., Bice K.L., Magno E.A., Wilson P.A. Jiggling the tropical thermostat in the Cretaceous hothouse. Geology 2002, 30:299-302.
66. Otto-Bliesner B.L., Brady E.C., Shields C. Late Cretaceous ocean: coupled simulations with the national center for atmospheric research climate system model. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 2002, 107.
67. Piepgras D.J., Jacobsen S.B. The isotopic composition of neodymium in the North Pacific. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1988, 52:1373-1381.
68. Piepgras D.J., Wasserburg G.J. Rare earth element transport in the western North Atlantic inferred from Nd isotopic observations. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1987, 51:1257-1271.
69. Pindell J.L., Kennan L. Tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America in the mantle reference frame: an update. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. 2009, 328:1-55.
70. Pletsch T., Erbacher J., Holbourn A.E.L., Kuhnt W., Moullade M., Oboh-Ikuenobede F.E., Soding E., Wagner T. Cretaceous separation of Africa and South America: the view from the West African margin (ODP leg 159). J. South Am. Earth Sci. 2001, 14:147-174.
71. Poulsen C.J., Seidov D., Barron E.J., Peterson W.H. The impact of paleogeographic evolution on the surface oceanic circulation and the marine environment within the mid-Cretaceous Tethys. Paleoceanography 1998, 13:546-559.
72. Poulsen C.J., Pierrehumbert R.T., Jacob R.L. Impact of ocean dynamics on the simulation of the Neoproterozoic "snowball Earth". Geophys. Res. Lett. 2001, 28:1575-1578.
73. Pucéat E. A new breath of life for anoxia. Geology 2008, 36:831-832.
74. Pucéat E., Lecuyer C., Reisberg L. Neodymium isotope evolution of NW Tethyan upper ocean waters throughout the Cretaceous. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2005, 236:705-720.
75. Retallack G.J. A 300-million-year record of atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil plant cuticles. Nature 2001, 411:287-290.
76. Rind D., Chandler M. Increased ocean heat transports and warmer climate. J. Geophys. Res. 1991, 96:7437-7461.
77. Robinson S.A., Murphy D.P., Vance D., Thomas D.J. Formation of "Southern Component Water" in the Late Cretaceous: evidence from Nd-isotopes. Geology 2010, 38:871-874.
78. 2-forced climate thresholds during the Phanerozoic. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2006, 70:5665-5675.
79. Sageman B.B., Meyers S.R., Arthur M.A. Orbital time scale and new C-isotope record for Cenomanian-Turonian boundary stratotype. Geology 2006, 34:125-128.
80. Schlanger S.O., Jenkyns H.C. Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events - causes and consequences. Geol. Mijnbouw 1976, 55179-55184.
81. Schouten S., Hopmans E.C., Forster A., van Breugel Y., Kuypers M.M.M., Damste J.S.S. Extremely high sea-surface temperatures at low latitudes during the middle Cretaceous as revealed by archaeal membrane lipids. Geology 2003, 31:1069-1072.
82. Scotese, C., 2008. Plate tectonic and paleogeographic mapping: State of the art. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Ann. Conv., San Antonia, TX, Search and Discovery Article 40312, http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/2008/08029scotese/index.htm.
83. Selby D., Mutterlose J., Condon D.J. U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology of the Aptian/Albian and Cenomanian/Turonian stage boundaries: Implications for timescale calibration, osmium isotope seawater composition and Re-Os systematics in organic-rich sediments. Chem. Geol. 2009, 265:394-409.
84. Shimizu H., Tachikawa K., Masuda A., Nozaki Y. Cerium and neodymium isotope ratios and REE patterns in seawater from the North Pacific Ocean. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1994, 58:323-333.
85. Shipboard Scientific Party Site 367. Initial Reps. DSDP, 41. U.S 1978, 163-231. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Y. Lancelot, E. Seibold (Eds.).
86. Shipboard Scientific Party Site1258. Proc. ODP Init. Repts., 207. Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX 2004, 10.2973/odp.proc.ir.207.105.2004. J. Erbacher, D.C. Mosher, M.J. Malone (Eds.).
87. Shipboard Scientific Party Site 1260. Proc. ODP Init. Repts., 207. Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX 2004, 10.2973/odp.proc.ir.207.107.2004. J. Erbacher, D.C. Mosher, M.J. Malone (Eds.).
88. Shipboard Scientific Party Site 1261. Proc. ODP Init. Repts., 207. Ocean Drilling Program, College Station 2004, 10.2973/odp.proc.ir.207.108.2004. J. Erbacher, D.C. Mosher, M.J. Malone (Eds.).
89. Siddall M., Khatiwala S., van de Flierdt T., Jones K., Goldstein S.L., Hemming S., Anderson R.F. Towards explaining the Nd paradox using reversible scavenging in an ocean general circulation model. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2008, 274:448-461. 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.044.
90. Sinton C.W., Duncan R.A. Potential links between ocean plateau volcanism and global ocean anoxia at the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary. Econ. Geol. 1997, 92:836-842.
91. Sloan L.C., Walker J.C.G., Moore T.C. Possible role of oceanic heat transport in early Eocene climate. Paleoceanography 1995, 10:347-356.
92. Snow L.J., Duncan R.A., Bralower T.J. Trace abundances in the Rock Canyon Anticline, Pueblo, Colorado, marine sedimentary section and their relationship to Caribbean plateau construction and oxygen anoxic event 2. Paleoceanography 2005, 20. 14pp. 10.1029/2004PA001093.
93. Soudry D., Glenn C.R., Nathan Y., Segal I., VonderHaar D. Evolution of Tethyan phosphogenesis along the northern edges of the Arabian-African shield during the Cretaceous-Eocene as deduced from temporal variations of Ca and Nd isotopes and rates of P accumulation. Earth Sci. Rev. 2006, 78:27-57.
94. Stordal M.C., Wasserburg G.J. Neodymium isotopic study of Baffin Bay water: sources of REE from very old terranes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 1986, 77:259-272.
95. Thomas D.J. Evidence for deep-water production in the North Pacific Ocean during the early Cenozoic warm interval. Nature 2004, 430:65-68.
96. Trabucho Alexandre J., Tuenter E., Henstra G.A., van der Zwan K.J. The mid-Cretaceous North Atlantic nutrient trap: black shales and OAEs. Paleoceanography 2010, 25:PA4201. 10.1029/2010PA001925.
97. Turgeon S.C., Creaser R.A. Cretaceous oceanic anoxic event 2 triggered by a massive magmatic episode. Nature 2008, 454:323-329.
98. Van De Flierdt T., Frank M., Lee D.C., Halliday A.N., Reynolds B.C., Hein J.R. New constraints on the sources and behavior of neodymium and hafnium in seawater from Pacific Ocean ferromanganese crusts. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2004, 68:3827-3843.
99. Vance D., Burton K. Neodymium isotopes in planktonic foraminifera: a record of the response of continental weathering and ocean circulation rates to climate change. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 1999, 173:365-379.
100. Vogt P.R. Volcanogenic upwelling of anoxic, nutrient-rich water - a possible factor in carbonate-bank reef demise and benthic faunal extinctions. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 1989, 101:1225-1245.
101. von Blanckenburg F., Nagler T.F. Weathering versus circulation-controlled changes in radiogenic isotope tracer composition of the Labrador Sea and North Atlantic Deep Water. Paleoceanography 2001, 16:424-434.
102. Wagner T., Pletsch T. Tectono-sedimentary controls on Cretaceous black shale depositions along the opening of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (ODP 159). Geol.Soc. London, Spec. Pub. 1999, 153:241-265. N.R. Cameron, R.H. Bate, V.S. Clure (Eds.).
103. Woo K.-S., Railsback L.B., Sandberg P.A. Oxygen isotope evidence for high-salinity surface seawater in the Mid-Cretaceous Gulf of Mexico: implications for warm, saline deepwater formation. Paleoceanography 1992, 7:673-685.
104. Woodruff F., Savin S.M. Miocene deepwater oceanography. Paleoceanography 1989, 4:87-140.
105. Zhou J., Poulsen C.J., Pollard D., White T.S. Simulation of modern and middle Cretaceous marine delta O-18 with an ocean-atmosphere general circulation model. Paleoceanography 2008, 23.
106. Zimmermann B., Porcelli D., Frank M., Rickli J., Lee D.C., Halliday A.N. The hafnium isotope composition of Pacific Ocean water. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2009, 73:91-101.