Eocene Meridional Weather Patterns Reflected in the Oxygen Isotopes of Arctic Fossil Wood
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Abstract
The spectacularly preserved Metasequoia wood excavated from the Fossil Forest site of Axel Heiberg Island (Canadian High Arctic) provides a unique window into the 18 O value of Eocene meteoric water via the analysis of fossil cellulose. Seventeen fossilized Metasequoia individuals yielded cellulose with 18 O (Vienna standard mean ocean water [VSMOW]) values ranging from 17.1 to 21.4 and with a mean value of 19.9-strikingly low compared to modern trees of all latitudes. Using established biosynthetic relationships for plant cellulose, we reconstructed the 18 O (VSMOW) value of Eocene meteoric water to be -15.1 on Axel Heiberg Island-a value similar to previous determinations of Eocene terrestrial water using varied paleoenvironmental indicators. A wholly temperature-based interpretation of these isotopic results would predict a mean annual temperature of -2.7 C, but this is incompatible with extremely high forest productivity. Instead, a calculation of isotopic fractionation in moisture transported from the Pacific Ocean north across North America explains the simultaneous arrival of warm air and isotopically depleted moisture in the Eocene Arctic; we suggest that these meridional weather patterns were caused by the absence of a Polar Front during the ice-free Eocene.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.012 | 0.000 |
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