Stable Isotope Equilibrium Test between Benthic Foraminifer Cibicidoides and Uvigerina at ODP Site 1143, Southern South China Sea
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摘要: 从南海南部ODP184航次1143站上部合成深度190.77m共1992个样品中, 由老到新挑选了64个样品, 测试了同一样品中底栖有孔虫Uvigerina peregerina与Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi的δ18O和δ13C值, 结果表明1143站U.peregerina与C.wuellerstorfi的δ18O差值的平均值约为(0.614±0.07)×10-3, 而δ13C差值的平均值约为(0.692±0.04)×10-3.1143站U.peregerina与C.wuellerstorfi的δ18O差值与大西洋和东太平洋的标准差值0.64×10-3比较接近, 而δ13C的差值却比大西洋和东太平洋的标准差值0.9×10-3轻0.2 08×10-3, 可能是由于南沙珊瑚礁区较低的生产力缩小了沉积物与海水之间的δ13C的差异而引起的.该均衡试验为南海甚至西太平洋的古海洋学研究提供了上述2种底栖有孔虫氧碳同位素值转换的标准.Abstract: Stable oxygen and carbon isotope records from ODP Site 1143 (9°21.72′N, 113°17.11′E, 2 772 m) in the southern South China Sea (SCS) are presented for the benthic foraminifers Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi and Uvigerina peregerina in 64 samples. The results show that the average δ18O difference between Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi and Uvigerina peregerina of 64 samples at Site 1143 is (0.614±0.07)×10-3, close to 0.64×10-3 of the standard oxygen isotopic difference in the Atlantic and the east Pacific, whereas the average δ13C difference of these two species at Site 1143 is (0.692±0.04)×10-3, much lighter than 0.9×10-3 of the standard carbon isotopic difference in the Atlantic and the east Pacific. The lighter value of δ13C difference at Site 1143 may be caused by the low productivity in reef areas which had decreased the δ13C difference between the depositions and the sea water. This test at Site 1143 provides an adjustive standard of oxygen and carbon isotope values between benthic foraminiferal Cibicidoides wuel-lerstorfi and Uvigerina peregerina for the paleoceanographic study in the South China Sea and even in the west Pacific.
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Key words:
- South China Sea /
- ODP Site 1143 /
- benthic foraminifer /
- isotope
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图 2 a.某一范围内底栖有孔虫Uvigerina peregerina和Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi的δ18O差值与其出现频率的直方图; b.Uvigerina peregerina和Cibicidoides wuellerstorf的δ13C差值与其出现频率的直方图; c.Δδ18O(Uvig-Cibi)与底栖有孔虫δ18O的关系; d.Δδ18O(Uvig-Cibi)与底栖有孔虫δ13C的关系; e.Δδ13C(Cibi-Uvig)与底栖有孔虫δ18O的关系; f.Δδ13C(Cibi-Uvig)与底栖有孔虫δ13C的关系; g.Δδ18O(Uvig-Cibi)与Δδ13C(Cibi-Uvig)的关系; h.本文中用作同位素分析的底栖有孔虫Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi与Uvigerina peregerina的扫描照片
Fig. 2. a.Histogram of δ18O offsets between Uvigerina peregerina and Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi (mean value is 0.614×10-3, n=62); b.Histogram of δ13C offsets between Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi and Uvigerina peregerina (mean value is 0.692×10-3, n=62); c.Δδ18O(Uvig-Cibi) as a function of δ18O; d.Δδ18O(Uvig-Cibi) as a function of δ13C; e.Δδ13C(Cibi-Uvig) as a function of δ18O; f.Δδ13C(Cibi-Uvig) as a weak linear function of δ13C; g.Δδ18O(Uvig-Cibi) as a function of Δδ13C(Cibi-Uvig); h.photos of Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi and Uvigerina peregerina
图 3 南海南部ODP1143站5 Ma以来底栖有孔虫的氧碳同位素记录.a中的阿拉伯数字代表某些特定的氧同位素期次, 箭头代表晚上新世全球逐渐变冷或北半球冰盖最终形成的过程
Fig. 3. Oxygen and carbon isotope records at ODP Site 1143 in the southern South China Sea for the past 5 Ma. The numbers below the curve a denote some marine isotope stages. The arrow indicates the late Pliocene global gradual cooling or the final forming process of the northern hemisphere ice sheet
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