Chapter fourteen elemental proxies for palaeoclimatic and palaeoceanographic variability in marine sediments: interpretation and application

SE Calvert, TF Pedersen - Developments in marine geology, 2007 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the elemental proxies for palaeoclimatic and
palaeoceanographic variability in marine sediments. Physical and biological processes …

A marine biogeochemical perspective on black shale deposition

DZ Piper, SE Calvert - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Deposition of marine black shales has commonly been interpreted as having involved a
high level of marine phytoplankton production that promoted high settling rates of organic …

A time-series view of changing surface ocean chemistry due to ocean uptake of anthropogenic CO₂ and ocean acidification

NR Bates, YM Astor, MJ Church, K Currie, JE Dore… - Oceanography, 2014 - JSTOR
Sustained observations provide critically needed data and understanding not only about
ocean warming and water cycle reorganization (eg, salinity changes), ocean eutrophication …

Environmental analysis of paleoceanographic systems based on molybdenum–uranium covariation

TJ Algeo, N Tribovillard - Chemical Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
Modern low-oxygen marine systems exhibit patterns of molybdenum–uranium covariation
that can be linked to specific attributes and processes of the depositional system, including …

Southward migration of the intertropical convergence zone through the Holocene

GH Haug, KA Hughen, DM Sigman, LC Peterson… - Science, 2001 - science.org
Titanium and iron concentration data from the anoxic Cariaco Basin, off the Venezuelan
coast, can be used to infer variations in the hydrological cycle over northern South America …

Mo–total organic carbon covariation in modern anoxic marine environments: Implications for analysis of paleoredox and paleohydrographic conditions

TJ Algeo, TW Lyons - Paleoceanography, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Sedimentary molybdenum,[Mo] s, has been widely used as a proxy for benthic redox
potential owing to its generally strong enrichment in organic‐rich marine facies deposited …

Climate and the collapse of Maya civilization

GH Haug, D Gunther, LC Peterson, DM Sigman… - Science, 2003 - science.org
In the anoxic Cariaco Basin of the southern Caribbean, the bulk titanium content of
undisturbed sediment reflects variations in riverine input and the hydrological cycle over …

Rapid changes in the hydrologic cycle of the tropical Atlantic during the last glacial

LC Peterson, GH Haug, KA Hughen, U Rohl - Science, 2000 - science.org
Sedimentary time series of color reflectance and major element chemistry from the anoxic
Cariaco Basin off the coast of northern Venezuela record large and abrupt shifts in the …

Forcing mechanisms of the Indian Ocean monsoon

S Clemens, W Prell, D Murray, G Shimmield… - Nature, 1991 - nature.com
Abstract Sediments in the Arabian Sea provide biological, biogeochemical and lithogenic
evidence of past changes in the Indian Ocean summer monsoon winds. For the past …

The southwest Indian Monsoon over the last 18 000 years

J Overpeck, D Anderson, S Trumbore, W Prell - Climate Dynamics, 1996 - Springer
Previously published results suggest that the strength of the SW Indian Monsoon can vary
significantly on century-to millenium time scales, an observation that has important …