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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1915
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1915
04 Jul 2024
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Glacial-interglacial contrasts in the marine inorganic carbon chemistry of the Benguela Upwelling System

Szabina Karancz, Lennart J. de Nooijer, Bas van der Wagt, Marcel T. J. van der Meer, Sambuddha Misra, Rick Hennekam, Zeynep Erdem, Julie Lattaud, Negar Haghipour, Stefan Schouten, and Gert-Jan Reichart

Abstract. Upwelling regions are dynamic systems where relatively cold, nutrient- and CO2-rich waters reach to the surface from the deep. CO2 sink or source properties of these regions are dependent not only on the dissolved inorganic carbon content of the upwelled waters, but also on the efficiency of the biological carbon pump that provides constraint on the drawdown of pCO2 in the surface waters. The Benguela Upwelling System (BUS) is a major upwelling region with one of the most productive marine ecosystems today. However, contrasting signals reported on the variation in upwelling intensities based on, for instance, foraminiferal and radiolarian indices from this region over the last glacial cycle indicate that a complete understanding of (local) changes is currently lacking. To reconstruct changes in the CO2 history of the Northern Benguela upwelling region over the last 27 ka BP, we used a box core (64PE450-BC6) and piston core (64PE450-PC8) from the Walvis Ridge. Here, we apply various temperature and pCO2-proxies, representing both surface (U37, δ13C of alkenones) and intermediate depth (Mg/Ca, B/Ca, S/Mg, δ11B in planktonic foraminiferal shells) processes. Reconstructed pCO2 records suggest enhanced storage of carbon at depth during the last glacial maximum. The offset between δ13C of planktonic (high δ13C) and benthic foraminifera (low δ13C) suggests an evidence of a more efficient biological carbon pump, potentially fuelled by remote and local iron supply through aeolian transport and dissolution in the shelf regions, effectively preventing release of the stored glacial CO2.

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Szabina Karancz, Lennart J. de Nooijer, Bas van der Wagt, Marcel T. J. van der Meer, Sambuddha Misra, Rick Hennekam, Zeynep Erdem, Julie Lattaud, Negar Haghipour, Stefan Schouten, and Gert-Jan Reichart

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1915', Jesse Farmer, 23 Jul 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Szabina Karancz, 13 Sep 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1915', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Aug 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Szabina Karancz, 13 Sep 2024
Szabina Karancz, Lennart J. de Nooijer, Bas van der Wagt, Marcel T. J. van der Meer, Sambuddha Misra, Rick Hennekam, Zeynep Erdem, Julie Lattaud, Negar Haghipour, Stefan Schouten, and Gert-Jan Reichart

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Szabina Karancz, Lennart J. de Nooijer, Bas van der Wagt, Marcel T. J. van der Meer, Sambuddha Misra, Rick Hennekam, Zeynep Erdem, Julie Lattaud, Negar Haghipour, Stefan Schouten, and Gert-Jan Reichart

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Changes in upwelling intensity of the Benguela upwelling region during the last glacial motivated us to investigate the local CO2-history during the last glacial to interglacial transition. Using various geochemical tracers on archives from both intermediate and surface waters reveal enhanced storage of carbon at depth during the last glacial maximum. An efficient biological pump likely prevented outgassing of CO2 from intermediate depth to the atmosphere.