Glacial-interglacial changes in the surface water characteristics of the Andaman Sea: Evidence from stable isotopic ratios of planktonic foraminifera

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Ahmad S.M. [1 ]
Patil D.J. [2 ]
Rao P.S. [3 ]
Nath B.N. [1 ]
Rao B.R. [2 ]
Rajagopalan G. [3 ]
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[1] National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad 500007, Uppal Road
[2] National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula
[3] Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
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Deglaciation; Holocene; Last glacial maximum (LGM); Stable isotopes; Younger Dryas;
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10.1007/BF02719159
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Stable carbon and oxygen isotopic analyses of the planktonic foraminifera (Globigerinoides ruber) from a deep sea sediment core (GC-1) in the Andaman Sea show high glacial-to-Holocene δ18O amplitude of 2.1‰ which is consistent with previously published records from this marginal basin and suggest increased salinity and/or decreased temperature in the glacial surface waters of this region. A pulse of 18O enrichment during the last deglaciation can be attributed to a Younger Dryas cooling event and/or to a sudden decrease of fresh water influx from the Irrawady and Salween rivers into the Andaman Sea. High δ13C values observed during the isotopic stages 2 and 4 are probably due to the enhanced productivity during glacial times in the Andaman Sea.
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