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Geology; March 2001; v. 29; no. 3; p. 207-210; DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0207:ROPUOO>2.0.CO;2
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Role of Panama uplift on oceanic freshwater balance

Gerald H. Haug1, Ralf Tiedemann2, Rainer Zahn3 and A. Christina Ravelo4

1 Department of Earth Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
2 Geomar, 24148 Kiel, Germany
3 Department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
4 Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA

Comparison between planktic foraminiferal oxygen isotope records from the Caribbean Sea (Ocean Drilling Program [ODP] Site 999) and the equatorial east Pacific (ODP Site 851) suggests an increase in Caribbean surface-water salinity between 4.7 and 4.2 Ma. The modern Atlantic-Pacific salinity contrast of about 1{per thousand} became fully established at 4.2 Ma as reflected by a 0.5{per thousand} planktic foraminifera 18O enrichment in the Caribbean Sea. This is interpreted as the result of restricted surface-water exchange between the tropical Atlantic and Pacific in response to the shoaling of the Central American seaway. As a consequence, the Atlantic and Pacific surface-ocean circulation regime changed, as did the freshwater balance between the major ocean basins. Simultaneous shifts in benthic carbon isotope records in the Caribbean Sea suggest an intensification in North Atlantic thermohaline circulation. These results indicate that the Panamanian isthmus formation caused several new ocean-atmosphere feedback mechanisms that have affected climate since the early Pliocene.

Key Words: Central America • Neogene • paleoclimate • paleocirculation • paleosalinity • stable isotopes




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