Fig. 2: Proxy records of nutrient utilization and paleoproductivity in the West Pacific compared to regional and global paleoclimate and paleoceanographic reconstructions since 11 Ma.
From: Enhanced phosphorus weathering contributed to Late Miocene cooling
a Stack sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies for the Northern Hemisphere (NH), Southern Hemisphere (SH), and tropical1. b 3HeET-derived opal fluxes and 3HeET-derived Baxs fluxes from ODP 885/88692. c Nutrient utilization and productivity records BaEF at Sites U142538. d P/Fe ratio in crust MID03 (this study). e Opal flux from East Pacific ODP Site 84940. f CaCO3 accumulation rate from the three ocean basins93. g Paleoproductivity at ODP Site 1088 from the Southern Ocean41. h Redox-sensitive metals (normalized Ni, Mn, Cu composition) and anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM), as proxies for the relative magnetofossil abundance in crust MID03 (this study). i Foraminifera-bound δ15N and reconstructed [PO43-] based on the P and Fe contents at DSDP Site 59815.
