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Application of clumped isotope thermometry to benthic foraminifera

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Piasecki, Alison, Bernasconi, Stefano M., Grauel, Anna‐Lena, Hannisdal, Bjarte, Ho, Sze Ling, Leutert, Thomas J., Marchitto, Thomas M., Meinicke, Niklas +2 more·2019·Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Abstract

Obtaining absolute temperatures of the ocean in deep time is complicated by the lack of constraints on seawater chemistry. Seawater salinity, carbonate ion concentration, δ 18 O, and elemental abundance changes may obscure widely applied paleoproxies. In addition, with foraminifera‐based proxies applied over long time scales or through major transitions, taxonomic turnover can impair the robustness of a record. While requiring larger sample sizes than most other proxies, the clumped isotope method is independent of seawater chemistry. Here we test if small benthic foraminifera precipitate their carbonate in equilibrium with respect to the clumped isotope thermometer and if there are any species‐specific vital effects. We find that benthic foraminifera fall on the same calibration line as the majority of carbonate minerals including inorganic calcite. In addition, we find no offsets that can be attributed to a species‐specific for any of the samples. This finding implies that a necessary amount of sample material can be obtained by aggregating over multiple taxa of benthic foraminifera and allows for the application of this proxy over major climatic transitions that coincide with seawater chemistry changes and foraminifera extinctions.

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  • Several independent studies using carbonate standardization yielded statistically indistinguishable slopes and intercepts for Δ47-temperature calibrations despite independent sample sets and, in one case, a different analytical system.

    “These studies yielded statistically indistinguishable slopes and intercepts despite the use of independent sample sets and in the case of Peral et al. (2018), a different analytical system.”

    From InterCarb: A Community Effort to Improve Interlaboratory Standardization of the Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometer Using Carbonate Standards (2021) · cites this paper as Piasecki et al. (2019)

    The Results (§4) and Species-Specific Considerations (§5.1; page unavailable) say this study’s calibration falls within error of the Bonifacie and recalculated Kele calibrations; Table 3 also lists their slopes and intercepts. The copy does not establish that Peral et al. (2018) was among the studies compared or used a different analytical system, nor does it explicitly assess the statistical indistinguishability of all the cited slopes and intercepts. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Piasecki, A., Bernasconi, S. M., Grauel, A., Hannisdal, B., Ho, S. L., Leutert, T. J., Marchitto, T. M., Meinicke, N., Tisserand, A., & Meckler, N.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • ETH Zurich (CH)
  • Institute of Applied Geosciences Technical University of Gräz Gräz Austria
  • Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (NO)
  • National Taiwan University (TW)
  • University of Colorado Boulder (US)
  • Department of Earth Sciences University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research Bergen Norway
Corresponding author
Piasecki, Alison
Venue
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Published
2019-04
Volume
20
Issue
4
Pages
2082-2090
ISSN
1525-2027 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2925364802
Cited by
66
References
31
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6
FWCI
3.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (publishedVersion)
  • NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • European Commission
  • Bergens Forskningsstiftelse
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and environmental studies
Keywords
clumped isotope thermometry, benthic foraminifera, paleotemperature proxies, carbonate precipitation, foraminiferal calcite, paleoceanography, seawater chemistry, taxonomic aggregation

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