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Eldrett, James S; Harding, Ian C (2009): Palynology analyses of Eocene to Oligocene sediments of DSDP Hole 38-338 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.775321, Supplement to: Eldrett, JS; Harding, IC (2009): Palynological analyses of Eocene to Oligocene sediments from DSDP Site 338, Outer Vøring Plateau. Marine Micropaleontology, 73(3-4), 226-240, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.10.004

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Abstract:
Against the background of the profound global climatic shift from greenhouse to icehouse conditions during the Eocene–Oligocene transition, major geographic and oceanographic changes were taking place in the Norwegian–Greenland Sea region. The Vøring Plateau was a prominent structural feature which influenced the evolution of water mass circulation in the Nordic seas, and we present detailed palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of this structure. New palynological results suggest that shallow water inner-neritic environments were developed across parts of the Vøring Plateau during early Eocene times, with terrestrial and brackish water palynomorphs indicating that both basement highs to the north, and the crestal part of the Vøring Escarpment, may have been emergent. A transition from marginal-marine to open marine conditions occurred around 44 Ma ago, with the complete subsidence of the Vøring Plateau below sea level, facilitating inter-basinal surface water circulation and promoted a significant increase in photic zone fertility. Carbon sequestration associated with such enhanced productivity in the late Eocene Nordic seas may have contributed to declining Cenozoic atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, thence to declining global temperatures and the development of limited Northern Hemisphere continental ice on Greenland in the latest Eocene.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Latitude: 67.785200 * Longitude: 5.387700
Date/Time Start: 1974-08-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1974-08-14T00:00:00
Event(s):
38-338 * Latitude: 67.785200 * Longitude: 5.387700 * Date/Time: 1974-08-14T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1297.0 m * Penetration: 437 m * Recovery: 207.8 m * Location: North Atlantic/Norwegian Sea/PLATEAU * Campaign: Leg38 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 45 cores; 427.5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 48.6 % recovery
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Eldrett, JS; Harding, IC (2009): (Appendix B) Dinoflagellate cysts occurrence in DSDP Hole 38-338. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.775305
  2. Eldrett, JS; Harding, IC (2009): (Appendix B) Dinoflagellate cysts eco-groups of DSDP Hole 38-338. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.775319
  3. Eldrett, JS; Harding, IC (2009): (Appendix B) Peridinioid/gonyaulacoid ratio of DSDP Hole 38-338. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.775320
  4. Eldrett, JS; Harding, IC (2009): (Appendix A) Palynologfacies ratios of DSDP Hole 38-338. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.775301
  5. Eldrett, JS; Harding, IC (2009): (Appendix A) Palynofacies absoulte abundances of DSDP Hole 38-338. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.775193
  6. Eldrett, JS; Harding, IC (2009): (Appendix A) Palynofacies raw counts of DSDP Hole 38-338. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.775188