EGU2020-19994, updated on 10 Jan 2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19994
EGU General Assembly 2020
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δ11B and B/Ca ontogenetic variability within Globigerina bulloides

Matthieu Buisson1, Pascale Louvat1, Szabina Karancz2,3, Ruchen Tian2,4, Markus Raitzsch2,5, Jelle Bijma2,6, and Claire Rollion-Bard1
Matthieu Buisson et al.
  • 1Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, University of Paris , Paris, France (mbuisson@ipgp.fr)
  • 2Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
  • 3Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Utrecht University, Texel, The Netherlands
  • 4Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
  • 5MARUM - Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  • 6Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany

Understanding the atmosphere-continent-ocean carbon cycle and its associated oceanic carbon system is one of the keystones to face the Anthropocene’s climate change. Since the 1990s the isotopic ratio of boron (δ11B) in calcitic shells of planktonic foraminifera has proven to be a powerful geochemical proxy to determine the oceanic paleo-pH and its link to atmospheric CO2 level over geological times1, whereas the ratio B/Ca as proxy of the seawater carbonate chemistry is still questionable2,3.

However, the use of planktonic foraminifera in paleoclimatic reconstructions requires calibrations of the pH – δ11B relationships to correct what is known as « vital effect »4: each species controls differently its calcification process and consequently slightly modifies the seawater chemistry during biomineralization5,6. Moreover, shell size effect on δ11B has been reported for some symbiont-bearing species due to photosynthetic increase of pH7,8.

Calibrations for the symbiont-barren Globigerina bulloides have been already determined9,10 but sparse data have been reported so far for the test size effect on δ11B 11.

Here we measured the δ11B of three different fractions (250-315, 315-400 and >400 μm) of G. bulloides sampled along the coretop PS97-122 from the Chilean margin (54.10°S, 74.91°W), by using a new protocol developed at IPGP and dedicated to small samples which couple a microsublimation technique and a micro-direct injection device (μ-dDIHEN12). Our preliminary results show significantly higher δ11B values for the large fractions compared to the small ones, as found for symbiont-bearing planktonic species such as Globigerinoides sacculifer7 and Globigerinoides ruber8.

 

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How to cite: Buisson, M., Louvat, P., Karancz, S., Tian, R., Raitzsch, M., Bijma, J., and Rollion-Bard, C.: δ11B and B/Ca ontogenetic variability within Globigerina bulloides , EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-19994, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19994, 2020.

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