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Late Miocene to Holocene high-resolution eastern equatorial Pacific carbonate records: stratigraphy linked by dissolution and paleoproductivity
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State
University, 104 CEOAS Admin Bldg, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
Anna Joy Drury
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen,
Leobener Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany
now at: University College London, Earth Sciences, London WC1E 6BS, UK
Jun Tian
Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239,
Shanghai 200092, PR China
Roy Wilkens
University of Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Science and
Technology, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Thomas Westerhold
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen,
Leobener Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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Short summary
Ocean sediment records document changes in Earth’s carbon cycle and ocean productivity. We present 8 Myr CaCO3 and bulk sediment records from seven eastern Pacific scientific drill sites to identify intervals of excess CaCO3 dissolution (high carbon storage in the oceans) and excess burial of plankton hard parts indicating high productivity. We define the regional extent of production intervals and explore the impact of the closure of the Atlantic–Pacific Panama connection on CaCO3 burial.
Ocean sediment records document changes in Earth’s carbon cycle and ocean productivity. We...
