georefid:2011-102196SEDIS Publication Catalogueana.macario@awi.dehttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2013-07-08T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.029<gco:CharacterString>Iron fertilisation and biogeochemical cycles in the sub-Arctic Northwest Pacific during the late Pliocene intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation</gco:CharacterString>2011-01-01publicationgeorefid:2011-102196doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.029Bailey, IanUniversity of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United KingdomauthorLiu QingsongChinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, ChinaauthorSwann, George E. A.University of Nottingham, United KingdomauthorJiang ZhaoxiaChinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Earth Environment, ChinaauthorSun YoubinauthorZhao, XiangauthorRoberts, Andrew P.authorElsevier, Amsterdam, NetherlandspublisherdocumentHardcopyEarth and Planetary Science Letters307 (3-4)253-265Increases in the low-field mass-specific magnetic susceptibility (chi ), dropstones and the terrigenous sediment component from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 882 ( nearly equal 45 degrees N) have been interpreted to indicate a major onset of ice-rafting to the sub-Arctic northwest Pacific Ocean during marine isotope stage (MIS) G6 (from nearly equal 2.75 Ma). In contrast, studies of the terrigenous content of sediments cored downwind of ODP Site 882 indicate that dust and disseminated volcanic ash deposition in the sub-Arctic Pacific increased markedly during MIS G6. To investigate the relative contribution of dust, volcanic ash and ice rafting to the Pliocene chi increase, we present new high-resolution environmental magnetic and ice-rafted debris records from ODP Sites 882 and 885. Our results demonstrate that the chi increase at both sites across MIS G6 is predominantly controlled by a previously overlooked mixture of aeolian dust and volcanic ash. Our findings call into question the reliability of chi as a proxy for ice-rafting to the North Pacific. They also highlight a previously undocumented link between iron fertilisation and biogeochemical cycling in the North Pacific at a key stage during intensification of late Pliocene northern hemisphere glaciation. Abstract Copyright (2011) Elsevier, B.V.completedGeneral geochemistryStratigraphybiochemistryCenozoicclastic sedimentscovariance analysisdropstonedustgeochemical cycleglaciationglassesice raftingigneous rocksironfertilizationisotopesLeg 145magnetic susceptibilitymarine sedimentsmetalsNeogenenitrate ionNorth PacificNorthern HemisphereNorthwest PacificnutrientsOcean Drilling ProgramODP Site 882ODP Site 885Pacific OceanpaleoenvironmentPliocenesedimentsSi-30/Si-28siliconstable isotopesstatistical analysisterrigenous materialsTertiarytransportupper Pliocenevolcanic ashvolcanic glassvolcanic rocksWest Pacificwind transporturn:org.iodp:exp:145urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignurn:org.iodp:exp:145:site:882urnlargerWorkCitationstudyurn:org.iodp:exp:145urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignurn:org.iodp:exp:145:site:885urnlargerWorkCitationstudyurn:org.iodp:exp:145urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignEnglishgeoscientificInformation-168.1619167.360044.411850.2148Supplementary data available in online version