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Itou & Noriki 2002
Itou, M. and Noriki, S. (2002). Shell fluxes of solution-resistant planktonic foraminifers as a proxy for mixed-layer depth. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL014693. issn: 0094-8276.

Shell fluxes of solution-resistant planktonic foraminifera, G. scitula and N. dutertrei, collected by moored sediment traps, are examined as a possible tool to reconstruct the surface water convection in the past subtropical western North Pacific. Time-series observation reveals that shell fluxes of these two species fluctuate in an opposite sense. When surface water is warmed and well stratified, N. dutertrei fluxes reach a maximum. In contrast, G. scitula increases in response to the deepening of the mixed-layer. To amplify the response of shell fluxes to climatological variables, the shell flux ratio of G. scitula to N. dutertrei (FG.sci/N.dut) is introduced. The time series FG.sci/N.dut pattern is similar to that of the Monsoon Index (MOI) representing the strength of the East Asian Winter Monsoon. The FG.sci/N.dut is also well correlated with the mixed-layer depth. These correlations allow reconstruction of the ancient MOI and MLD from the faunal ratio.

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Paleoclimatology, Oceanography, General, Paleoceanography, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Micropaleontology
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Geophysical Research Letters
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