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Upwelling signals in radiocarbon from early 20th-century Peruvian bay scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) shells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Kevin B. Jones ,
Gregory W.L. Hodgins ,
Miguel F. Etayo-Cadavid  and
C. Fred T. Andrus
Kevin B. Jones*
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Gregory W.L. Hodgins
Affiliation:
NSF-Arizona AMS Facility, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Miguel F. Etayo-Cadavid
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
C. Fred T. Andrus
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
*
⁎Corresponding author: U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 956, Reston, VA 20192, USA. Fax: +1 703 648 6419. E-mail address:kevinjones@usgs.gov (K.B. Jones).
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Abstract

We quantified Δ14C, δ18O, and δ13C cycles along ontogeny within four bay scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) shells collected from Callao Bay, Salaverry, and Sechura Bay, Peru following the 1907–1908 non-El Niño years and the 1925–1926 El Niño. Δ14C and δ13C generally covary; Δ14C and δ18O vary inversely. Simultaneous decreases in Δ14C and increases in δ18O in non-El Niño shells are followed by constant Δ14C and gradually decreasing δ18O, which we interpret as evidence for discrete marine upwelling events followed by warming of the initially cold upwelled water. Upwelling changes from El Niño events are detectable with difficulty in mollusk shell Δ14C.

Keywords

ArgopectenCarbon isotopesENSOEquatorial UndercurrentMolluskOxygen isotopesPeruRadiocarbonSeasonalityUpwelling

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Quaternary Research , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , November 2009 , pp. 452 - 456
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University of Washington

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