Sperling, Michael R; Schmiedl, Gerhard; Hemleben, Christoph; Emeis, Kay-Christian; Erlenkeuser, Helmut; Grootes, Pieter Meiert (2003): Planktonic foraminifera and sea surface temperature reconstruction of sediments from the Mediterranean Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.736518, Supplement to: Sperling, MR et al. (2003): Black Sea impact on the formation of eastern Mediterranean sapropel S1? Evidence from the Marmara Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 190, 9-21, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00596-5
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Abstract:
Water exchange between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea has been a major focus of the paleohydrography of the eastern Mediterranean. Glacial melt water released from the Black Sea is a potential factor in the formation of sapropel S1, an organic-rich sediment layer that accumulated during the Early Holocene. A high-resolution study done on sediments from the Marmara Sea, the gateway between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, sheds light on the Holocene exchange processes. Past sea surface temperature and sea surface salinity (SSS) were derived from stable oxygen isotope ratios (delta18O) of foraminiferal calcite and alkenone unsaturation ratios (Uk'37). Heavy delta18O values and high SSS in the Marmara Sea suggest absence of low salinity water from the Black Sea during S1. The comparison with data from the Levantine Basin and southern Aegean Sea outlines gradients of freshening in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, whereby the major sources of freshwater were closer to the Levantine Basin. It is thus concluded that the Black Sea was not a major freshwater source contributing to formation of S1. Given the absence of a low salinity layer, the deposition of organic-rich sediments corresponding to S1 in the Marmara Sea is likely the result of the global transgression and the concomitant re-organization of biogeochemical cycles, leading to enhanced productivity as shown by Globigerina bulloides.
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Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), grant/award no. 36949: Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 36.725250 * Median Longitude: 30.951050 * South-bound Latitude: 32.608700 * West-bound Longitude: 27.763200 * North-bound Latitude: 40.841800 * East-bound Longitude: 34.138900
Date/Time Start: 1999-02-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-04-18T00:00:00
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M44/1_KL71 (71) * Latitude: 40.841800 * Longitude: 27.763200 * Date/Time: 1999-02-04T00:00:00 * Elevation: -566.0 m * Recovery: 8.8 m * Campaign: M44/1 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Piston corer Meischner large (KL_Mg) * Comment: CTD/Ro, LS PAR 2X, LS MER 2x
M44/3_KL83 (M44_1 GeoTü KL-83) * Latitude: 32.608700 * Longitude: 34.138900 * Date/Time: 1999-04-18T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1433.0 m * Recovery: 9.8 m * Campaign: M44/3 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Piston corer Meischner large (KL_Mg)
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- Sperling, MR; Schmiedl, G; Hemleben, C et al. (2003): Stable oxygen isotope ratios of Globigerinoides ruber from sediment core M44/3 GeoTü KL83. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.89474
- Sperling, MR; Schmiedl, G; Hemleben, C et al. (2003): Planktic foraminifera and paleoclimate temperature and salinity calculations from sediment core M44/1 GeoTü KL71. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.89473
- Sperling, MR; Schmiedl, G; Hemleben, C et al. (2003): (Table 1) Age determinations on sediment core M44/1 GeoTü KL71. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.89471
- Sperling, MR; Schmiedl, G; Hemleben, C et al. (2003): (Table 1) Age determination on sediment core M44/3 GeoTü KL83. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.89472