Canadian arctic Neogene temperatures reconstructed from hydrogen isotopes of lignin-methoxy groups from sub-fossil wood

• Verfasst von: Porter, Trevor J. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Anhäuser, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Halfar, Jochen [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Keppler, Frank [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Csank, Adam Z. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Williams, Christopher J. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Canadian arctic Neogene temperatures reconstructed from hydrogen isotopes of lignin-methoxy groups from sub-fossil wood
• Verf.angabe: Trevor J. Porter, Tobias Anhäuser, Jochen Halfar, Frank Keppler, Adam Z. Csank, and Christopher J. Williams
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: 19 January 2022
• Umfang: 16 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 05.04.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology
• Ort Quelle: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2018
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 37(2022), 2, Artikel-ID e2021PA004345, Seite 1-16
• ISSN Quelle: 2572-4525
• DOI: doi:10.1029/2021PA004345
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Arctic
• Sach-SW: climate
• Sach-SW: deuterium
• Sach-SW: lignin-methoxy
• Sach-SW: miocene
• Sach-SW: pliocene
• Sach-SW: reconstruction
• Sach-SW: sub-fossil wood
• K10plus-PPN: 1797608940

Abstract

Proxy-based reconstructions of Neogene warm climates are a valuable data source for helping to understand what a future, warmer world may look like. Such insights are especially critical in the Arctic where the fastest rates of warming are underway and likely to continue. In this study, hydrogen isotopes of lignin-methoxy groups (δ2HLM) from Miocene and Pliocene sub-fossil wood samples (N = 43) at six high-latitude sites (73-80°N) in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago were used to estimate mean δ2H values of precipitation and temperature anomalies (ΔT) relative to present. The ΔT estimates ranged from +9.7 to +16.7°C depending on site and epoch and are corroborated by a suite of independent proxy data for most sites, and for one site (Prince Patrick Island) this study provides the first quantitative ΔT estimates. These are conservative estimates as they do not account for the more negative δ2Hseawater values during the Neogene. These ΔT estimates, along with independent proxy and vegetation data, depict a dramatically warmer version of the Arctic. Some of this warming was likely driven by global atmospheric change and feedbacks that are possible in the modern-day Arctic. However, transformation of the once-contiguous Arctic landmass into a dissected archipelago has undoubtedly changed the nature and future warming potential of the Canadian Arctic region. Investigations aimed at disentangling the relative contribution of global versus regional boundary conditions to Neogene Arctic climate warming are needed to understand the extent to which these reconstructions may foreshadow conditions in the future.