A two million year record of low-latitude aridity linked to continental weathering from the Maldives

Tereza Kunkelova; Simon Jung; Erica de Leau; Nick Odling; Alex Thomas; Christian Betzler; Gregor Eberli; Carlos Alvarez-Zarikian; Montserrat Alonso-García; Or Bialik; Clara Blättler; Junhua Guo; Sébastien Haffen; Senay Horozal; Anna Mee; Mayuri Inoue; Luigi Jovane; Luca Lanci; Juan Laya; Thomas Lüdmann; Nagender Bejugam; Masatoshi Nakakuni; Kaoru Niino; Loren Petruny; Santi Pratiwi; John Reijmer; Jesús Reolid; Angela Slagle; Craig Sloss; Xiang Su; Peter Swart; James Wright; Zhengquan Yao; Jeremy Young; Sebastian Lindhorst; Stephanie Stainbank; Andres Rueggeberg; Silvia Spezzaferri; Igor Carrasqueira; Siyao Yu; Dick Kroon

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A two million year record of low-latitude aridity linked to continental weathering from the Maldives

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A two million year record of low-latitude aridity linked to continental weathering from the Maldives

Tereza Kunkelova, Simon Jung, Erica de Leau, Nick Odling, Alex Thomas, Christian Betzler, Gregor Eberli, Carlos Alvarez-Zarikian, Montserrat Alonso-García, Or Bialik, …

Progress in earth and planetary science, Vol.5(1), pp.1-20

2018-12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-018-0238-x

Abstract

Earth Sciences

Biogeosciences

Orbital cycles

Earth Sciences, general

Geophysics/Geodesy

Atmospheric Sciences

Indian-Asian history of aridity

Maldives

Hydrogeology

IODP Exp 359

Planetology

Non-destructive core scanning

Composition of lithogenic fraction

Mid Pleistocene transition

Indian-Asian monsoon has oscillated between warm/wet interglacial periods and cool/dry glacial periods with periodicities closely linked to variations in Earth’s orbital parameters. However, processes that control wet versus dry, i.e. aridity cyclical periods on the orbital time-scale in the low latitudes of the Indian-Asian continent remain poorly understood because records over millions of years are scarce. The sedimentary record from International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 359 provides a well-preserved, high-resolution, continuous archive of lithogenic input from the Maldives reflecting on low-latitude aridity cycles. Variability within the lithogenic component of sedimentary deposits of the Maldives results from changes in monsoon-controlled sedimentary sources. Here, we present X-ray fluorescence (XRF) core-scanning results from IODP Site U1467 for the past two million years, allowing full investigation of orbital periodicities. We specifically use the Fe/K as a terrestrial climate proxy reflecting on wet versus dry conditions in the source areas of the Indian-Asian landmass, or from further afield. The Fe/K record shows orbitally forced cycles reflecting on changes in the relative importance of aeolian (stronger winter monsoon) during glacial periods versus fluvial supply (stronger summer monsoon) during interglacial periods. For our chronology, we tuned the Fe/K cycles to precessional insolation changes, linking Fe/K maxima/minima to insolation minima/maxima with zero phase lag. Wavelet and spectral analyses of the Fe/K record show increased dominance of the 100 kyr cycles after the Mid Pleistocene Transition (MPT) at 1.25 Ma in tandem with the global ice volume benthic δ18O data (LR04 record). In contrast to the LR04 record, the Fe/K profile resolves 100-kyr-like cycles around the 130 kyr frequency band in the interval from 1.25 to 2 million years. These 100-kyr-like cycles likely form by bundling of two or three obliquity cycles, indicating that low-latitude Indian-Asian climate variability reflects on increased tilt sensitivity to regional eccentricity insolation changes (pacing tilt cycles) prior to the MPT. The implication of appearance of the 100 kyr cycles in the LR04 and the Fe/K records since the MPT suggests strengthening of a climate link between the low and high latitudes during this period of climate transition.

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Title: A two million year record of low-latitude aridity linked to continental weathering from the Maldives
Creators: Tereza Kunkelova - 0000 0004 1936 7988 grid.4305.2 School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute University of Edinburgh The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JW UK
Simon Jung - 0000 0004 1936 7988 grid.4305.2 School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute University of Edinburgh The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JW UK
Erica de Leau - 0000 0004 1936 7988 grid.4305.2 School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute University of Edinburgh The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JW UK
Nick Odling - 0000 0004 1936 7988 grid.4305.2 School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute University of Edinburgh The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JW UK
Alex Thomas - 0000 0004 1936 7988 grid.4305.2 School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute University of Edinburgh The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JW UK
Christian Betzler - 0000 0001 2287 2617 grid.9026.d Institute of Geology, CEN University of Hamburg Bundesstrasse 55 20146 Hamburg Germany
Gregor Eberli - 0000 0004 1936 8606 grid.26790.3a Department of Marine Geosciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science University of Miami Miami FL 33149 USA
Carlos Alvarez-Zarikian - 0000 0004 4687 2082 grid.264756.4 International Ocean Discovery Program Texas A&M University Discovery Drive College Station TX 77845 USA
Montserrat Alonso-García - 0000 0000 9693 350X grid.7157.4 Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Divisão de Geologia e Georecursos Marinhos, Rua Alfredo Magalhães Ramalhoi 6, 1495-006 Lisboa, and Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR) Universidade do Algarve Faro Portugal
Or Bialik - 0000 0004 1937 0562 grid.18098.38 Dr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences, The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences University of Haifa 31905 Carmel Israel
Clara Blättler - 0000 0001 2097 5006 grid.16750.35 Department of Geosciences Princeton University Guyot Hall Princeton NJ 08544 USA
Junhua Guo - 0000 0000 9639 8885 grid.253553.7 Department of Geological Sciences California State University Bakersfield 9001 Stockdale Highway Bakersfield CA 93311 USA
Sébastien Haffen - 0000 0001 2194 6418 grid.29172.3f Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie Université de Lorraine 2 rue du Doyen Marcel Roubault 54501 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy France
Senay Horozal - 0000 0001 0436 1602 grid.410882.7 Petroleum and Marine Research Division Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resoursces (KIGAM) Gwahang-no 124, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 305-350 South Korea
Anna Mee - 0000 0004 1936 8606 grid.26790.3a Department of Marine Geosciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science University of Miami Miami FL 33149 USA
Mayuri Inoue - 0000 0001 1302 4472 grid.261356.5 Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka Okayama 700-8530 Japan
Luigi Jovane - 0000 0004 1937 0722 grid.11899.38 Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo Praça do Oceanográfico, 191 São Paulo SP 05508-120 Brazil
Luca Lanci - 0000 0001 2369 7670 grid.12711.34 Department of Pure and Applied Science Università di Urbino “Carlo Bò” Via S. Chiara 27 I-61029 Urbino Italy
Juan Laya - 0000 0004 4687 2082 grid.264756.4 Department of Geology and Geophysics Texas A&M University College Station TX 77843-3115 USA
Thomas Lüdmann - 0000 0001 2287 2617 grid.9026.d Institute of Geology, CEN University of Hamburg Bundesstrasse 55 20146 Hamburg Germany
Nagender Bejugam - 0000 0000 9040 9555 grid.436330.1 Geological Oceanography Division CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography Dona Paula Goa 403004 India
Masatoshi Nakakuni - 0000 0001 0284 0976 grid.412664.3 Department of Environmental Engineering for Symbiosis Soka University 1-236 Tangi-cyo Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-0003 Japan
Kaoru Niino - 0000 0001 0674 7277 grid.268394.2 Graduate School of Science and Engineering Yamagata University 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi Yamagata 990-8560 Japan
Loren Petruny - 0000 0004 1936 8032 grid.22448.38 Environmental Science and Policy Department George Mason University David King Hall Rm 3005, MSN 5F2, University Drive Fairfax VA 22030-4444 USA
Santi Pratiwi - 0000 0004 1796 1481 grid.11553.33 Department of Geosciences Geological Engineering Faculty – Universitas Padjadjaran Jl. Raya Bandung Sumedang KM 21 Jatinangor 45363 Indonesia
John Reijmer - 0000 0001 1091 0356 grid.412135.0 College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran 3126 Saudi Arabia
Jesús Reolid - 0000 0001 2287 2617 grid.9026.d Institute of Geology, CEN University of Hamburg Bundesstrasse 55 20146 Hamburg Germany
Angela Slagle - 0000000419368729 grid.21729.3f Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University Borehole Bldg. 61 Route 9W Palisades NY 10964 USA
Craig Sloss - Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Technology Queensland R-Block 317, 2 George Street Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia
Xiang Su - 0000 0004 1798 9724 grid.458498.c Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences West Xingang Road Guangzhou 510301 People’s Republic of China
Peter Swart - 0000 0004 1936 8606 grid.26790.3a Department of Marine Geosciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science University of Miami Miami FL 33149 USA
James Wright - 0000 0004 1936 8796 grid.430387.b Department of Geological Sciences Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 610 Taylor Road Piscataway NJ 08854-8066 USA
Zhengquan Yao - grid.420213.6 Department of Marine Geology First Institute of Oceanography (FIO) State Oceanic Administration (SOA) #6 Xian Xia Ling Road Qingdao Shandong 266061 People’s Republic of China
Jeremy Young - 0000000121901201 grid.83440.3b Department of Earth Sciences University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT UK
Sebastian Lindhorst - 0000 0001 2287 2617 grid.9026.d Institute of Geology, CEN University of Hamburg Bundesstrasse 55 20146 Hamburg Germany
Stephanie Stainbank - 0000 0004 0478 1713 grid.8534.a Department of GeoSciences Université de Fribourg Ch. du Musée 6 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
Andres Rueggeberg - 0000 0004 0478 1713 grid.8534.a Department of GeoSciences Université de Fribourg Ch. du Musée 6 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
Silvia Spezzaferri - 0000 0004 0478 1713 grid.8534.a Department of GeoSciences Université de Fribourg Ch. du Musée 6 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
Igor Carrasqueira - 0000 0004 1937 0722 grid.11899.38 Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo Praça do Oceanográfico, 191 São Paulo SP 05508-120 Brazil
Siyao Yu - 0000 0004 1936 8796 grid.430387.b Department of Geological Sciences Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 610 Taylor Road Piscataway NJ 08854-8066 USA
Dick Kroon - 0000 0004 1936 7988 grid.4305.2 School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute University of Edinburgh The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JW UK
Publication Details: Progress in earth and planetary science, Vol.5(1), pp.1-20
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Berlin/Heidelberg
Grant note: OCE-1326927 / National Science Foundation (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001) NERC 3148 / Natural Environment Research Council (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000270) SFRH/BPD/96960/2013 / Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001871)
Academic Unit: Leadership Department; Rosenstiel School; Rosenstiel - Marine Geosciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991031576464002976