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Benthic foraminifera indicate Glacial North Pacific Intermediate Water and reduced primary productivity over Bowers Ridge, Bering Sea, since the Mid-Brunhes Transition
Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
British Geological Survey, Environmental Sciences Centre, Keyworth,
Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
Adeyinka Aturamu
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of
Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Department of Geology, Ekiti State University, P.M.B. 5363,
Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Jan Zalasiewicz
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of
Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Michael A. Kaminski
Geosciences Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
P.O. Box 701, Dhahran, 21361, Saudi Arabia
Mark Williams
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of
Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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Short summary
The Mid-Brunhes Transition saw an enigmatic shift towards increased glacial temperature variations about 400 kyr ago. High-latitude Southern Ocean stratification may have been a causal factor, but little is known of the changes to the high-latitude Bering Sea. We generated benthic foraminiferal assemblage data and are the first to document a glacial decrease in episodic primary productivity since the Mid-Brunhes Transition, signifying possible reductions in sea ice summer stratification.
The Mid-Brunhes Transition saw an enigmatic shift towards increased glacial temperature...
