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Bottom-water oxygenation in the northern South China Sea underwent a four-stage evolution over the past 30,000 years that parallels Pacific and Indian Ocean records and tracks atmospheric CO2, driven primarily by Western Pacific circulation and biogeochemical oxygen consumption. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To reconstruct millennial-scale variations in bottom-water oxygenation since approximately 30 ka and assess how ocean circulation and carbon cycling drive deep-sea oxygen dynamics.

August 29, 2026Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Biogenic Magnetite Indicating Millennial‐Scale Evolution of Bottom Water Oxygenation in the Northern South China Sea Since About 30 ka

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YYYulan YeSun Yat-sen University XYXiaoqiang YangSun Yat-sen University BHBangqi HuMinistry of Natural Resources

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Sedimentary analysis reveals millennial bottom-water oxygenation shifts over 30,000 years, suggesting close coupling between deep-ocean ventilation and atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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To reconstruct millennial-scale variations in bottom-water oxygenation since approximately 30 ka and assess how ocean circulation and carbon cycling drive deep-sea oxygen dynamics.
Analyzed biogenic magnetite and magnetofossil proxies preserved in deep-sea sediment cores spanning the past ~30,000 years.
Compared bottom-water oxygenation records with regional Pacific and Indian Ocean data alongside atmospheric carbon dioxide trends.
Identified a four-stage oxygenation history: low bottom-water oxygenation during ~28–18 ka, a rapid deglacial increase across 18–11 ka, an early-to-mid Holocene peak during 11–5.8 ka, and a gradual decline thereafter.
Demonstrated that long-term bottom-water oxygenation closely parallels atmospheric carbon dioxide through Western Pacific circulation, while millennial variations were driven by local biogeochemical oxygen consumption.

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Ye et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9299338e5d7d1fc0c10f96 https://doi.org/10.1029/2026pa005488

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Sedimentary analysis reveals millennial bottom-water oxygenation shifts over 30,000 years, suggesting close coupling between deep-ocean ventilation and atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Biogenic Magnetite Indicating Millennial‐Scale Evolution of Bottom Water Oxygenation in the Northern South China Sea Since About 30 ka

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Biogenic Magnetite Indicating Millennial‐Scale Evolution of Bottom Water Oxygenation in the Northern South China Sea Since About 30 ka

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