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Indian Ocean glacial deoxygenation and respired carbon accumulation during mid-late Quaternary ice ages

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  • Liao Chang

    (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
    Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology)

  • Babette A. A. Hoogakker

    (Heriot-Watt University)

  • David Heslop

    (The Australian National University)

  • Xiang Zhao

    (The Australian National University)

  • Andrew P. Roberts

    (The Australian National University)

  • Patrick Deckker

    (The Australian National University)

  • Pengfei Xue

    (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University)

  • Zhaowen Pei

    (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University)

  • Fan Zeng

    (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University)

  • Rong Huang

    (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University)

  • Baoqi Huang

    (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University)

  • Shishun Wang

    (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University)

  • Thomas A. Berndt

    (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University)

  • Melanie Leng

    (British Geological Survey
    University of Nottingham)

  • Jan-Berend W. Stuut

    (NIOZ‐Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University)

  • Richard J. Harrison

    (University of Cambridge)

Abstract

Reconstructions of ocean oxygenation are critical for understanding the role of respired carbon storage in regulating atmospheric CO2. Independent sediment redox proxies are essential to assess such reconstructions. Here, we present a long magnetofossil record from the eastern Indian Ocean in which we observe coeval magnetic hardening and enrichment of larger, more elongated, and less oxidized magnetofossils during glacials compared to interglacials over the last ~900 ka. Our multi-proxy records of redox-sensitive magnetofossils, trace element concentrations, and benthic foraminiferal Δδ13C consistently suggest a recurrence of lower O2 in the glacial Indian Ocean over the last 21 marine isotope stages, as has been reported for the Atlantic and Pacific across the last glaciation. Consistent multi-proxy documentation of this repeated oxygen decline strongly supports the hypothesis that increased Indian Ocean glacial carbon storage played a significant role in atmospheric CO2 cycling and climate change over recent glacial/interglacial timescales.

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  • Liao Chang & Babette A. A. Hoogakker & David Heslop & Xiang Zhao & Andrew P. Roberts & Patrick Deckker & Pengfei Xue & Zhaowen Pei & Fan Zeng & Rong Huang & Baoqi Huang & Shishun Wang & Thomas A. Bern, 2023. "Indian Ocean glacial deoxygenation and respired carbon accumulation during mid-late Quaternary ice ages," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-40452-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40452-1
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