Paleoproductivity changes in the northern Bering Slope over the last 23 ka and the response to the sea-ice evolution

Song Tengfei; Wang Honglei; Chen Yixin; Li Chaoxin; Zhu Aimei; Bai Yazhi; Shi Xuefa; Gorbarenko Sergei; Bosin Aleksandr; Liu Yanguang

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2018.05.008

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Song Tengfei, Wang Honglei, Chen Yixin, Li Chaoxin, Zhu Aimei, Bai Yazhi, Shi Xuefa, Gorbarenko Sergei, Bosin Aleksandr, Liu Yanguang. Paleoproductivity changes in the northern Bering Slope over the last 23 ka and the response to the sea-ice evolution[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2018, 40(5): 90-106. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2018.05.008

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Song Tengfei, Wang Honglei, Chen Yixin, Li Chaoxin, Zhu Aimei, Bai Yazhi, Shi Xuefa, Gorbarenko Sergei, Bosin Aleksandr, Liu Yanguang. Paleoproductivity changes in the northern Bering Slope over the last 23 ka and the response to the sea-ice evolution[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2018, 40(5): 90-106. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2018.05.008

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Song Tengfei, Wang Honglei, Chen Yixin, Li Chaoxin, Zhu Aimei, Bai Yazhi, Shi Xuefa, Gorbarenko Sergei, Bosin Aleksandr, Liu Yanguang. Paleoproductivity changes in the northern Bering Slope over the last 23 ka and the response to the sea-ice evolution[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2018, 40(5): 90-106. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2018.05.008

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Paleoproductivity changes in the northern Bering Slope over the last 23 ka and the response to the sea-ice evolution

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2018.05.008

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Key Laboratory of Marine Sedimentology and Environment Geology, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China
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No.7 Geological Bridgade, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, Linyi 276000, China
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Key Laboratory of Marine Sedimentology and Environment Geology, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China;Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266061, China
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V. I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Vladivostok 690041, Russia

Received Date: 2017-11-08
Rev Recd Date: 2018-02-09

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Abstract

The gravity core ARC6-B11 recovered from the northern Bering Slope was analyzed to reconstruct the sedimentary record and paleoproductivity changes from 23 ka BP to the Middle Holocene. Based on geochemical, high-resolution core logging and AMS¹⁴C data the variation of sediment input and productivity of the study area and it's response to the sea-ice evolution were discussed. Our results demonstrate that, on account of the southern extended sea-ice, the paleoproductivity is low during the Last Glacial Maximum, while the sand and ice rafting debris (IRD) contents of the sediments are high. But the sand and IRD contents decreased sharply during Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS 1) cold period because of the perennial sea-ice cover. The total organic carbon (TOC) content peaks during HS 1 could not be used as the paleoproductivity indicator due to the influence of the terrigenous organic matter. The abnormal peak value of the TOC content may relates to the redisposition of the shelf clay matter suspended by the oxygen enriched water mass influenced by the sea level change and sea-ice formation. The paleoproductivity is high during Bølling/Allerød (B/A) and Holocene warm period, there are also Ca Peak Event and sedimentary laminae. The occurrence of Ca Peak Event in the B/A warming period is directly influenced by the deepening of carbonate compensation depth, but the alteration of ventilation and the coccolith bloom may play a certain role on it.
- northern Bering Slope,
- ice rafting debris,
- paleoproductivity,
- sea-ice evolution

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