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Palumbo, Eliana; Flores, José-Abel; Perugia, Carmen; Emanuele, Dario; Petrillo, Zaccaria; Rodrigues, Teresa; Voelker, Antje H L; Amore, Filomena Ornella (2013): Nannoplankton abundances and accumulation rates of the last 24 ka BP of sediment core MD03-2699 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.836238, Supplement to: Palumbo, E et al. (2013): Abrupt variability of the last 24 ka BP recorded by coccolithophore assemblages off the Iberian Margin (core MD03-2699). Journal of Quaternary Science, 28(3), 320-328, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2623

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Abstract:
A high-resolution coccolithophore study allowed reconstructing sea surface conditions during the last 24 ka BP off the Iberian Margin. Variations in nannoplankton accumulation rate, cold-water species, Florisphaera profunda, Umbilicosphaera sibogae and Coccolithus pelagicus ssp. azorinus trends suggest the occurrence of substantial changes in surface water dynamics. Palaeoproductivity shows changes during the glacial and the interglacial transition from intense glacial upwelling to persistent interglacial stratification. A drastic productivity decline occurred between ~18 and 13 ka BP related to the arrival of subpolar waters indicated by the presence of the subarctic subspecies C. pelagicus pelagicus and increased percentages of tetra-unsaturated alkenones. Abrupt variability at core MD03-2699 during the last 24 ka BP was observed in palaeoproductivity and sea surface temperatures proxies. Increases of reworked species fluxes were observed during the Last Glacial Maximum and during the transition to the Holocene, likely connected to turbidity currents and/or contourites formed by Mediterranean outflow intensification. In addition, C. pelagicus ssp. pelagicus presence, Gephyrocapsa muellerae and tetra-alkenone percentages reveal rapid coolings coeval with the Holocene Bond cycles and rapid climate coolings recognized for the Northern Hemisphere between 11.02 and 1.7 ka BP and associated with subpolar water arrival at the site.
Further details:
Rodrigues, Teresa; Grimalt, Joan O; Abrantes, Fatima F; Naughton, Filipa; Flores, José-Abel (2010): (Table 2) Age determination of sediment core MD03-2699. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.836237 (Radiocarbon ages of sediment core MD03-2699)
Coverage:
Latitude: 39.036700 * Longitude: -10.660500
Minimum Elevation: -1865.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -1865.0 m
Event(s):
MD03-2699 * Latitude: 39.036700 * Longitude: -10.660500 * Elevation: -1865.0 m * Recovery: 26.56 m * Location: Iberian slope * Campaign: MD134 (PICABIA) * Basis: Marion Dufresne (1995) * Method/Device: Calypso Corer (CALYPSO)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1AGEAgeka BPGeocode
2Emiliania huxleyiE. huxleyi%Palumbo, ElianaCounting, coccoliths
3Coccolithus pelagicus ssp. pelagicusC. pelagicus ssp. pelagicus%Palumbo, ElianaCounting, coccoliths
4Gephyrocapsa muelleraeG. muellerae%Palumbo, ElianaCounting, coccoliths
5Nannofossils, cold water taxaNannos cold%Palumbo, ElianaCounting, coccoliths
6Nannofossils, warm water taxaNannos warm%Palumbo, ElianaCounting, coccoliths
7Umbilicosphaera sibogaeU. sibogae%Palumbo, ElianaCounting, coccoliths
8Florisphaera profundaF. profunda%Palumbo, ElianaCounting, coccoliths
9Nannofossils, reworked fossilNannos rew fossil%Palumbo, ElianaCounting, coccoliths
10Preservation indexCEX'Palumbo, ElianaCalculatedCEX' = %[(E. huxleyi + small Gephyrocapsa)/(E. huxleyi + small Gephyrocapsa + C. leptoporus)]
11PreservationPreservPalumbo, ElianaCalculated
12CoccolithsCocco106 #/gPalumbo, ElianaCalculated
13Accumulation rate, nannofossilsAcc rate nannos106 #/cm2/kaPalumbo, ElianaCalculated
14Accumulation rate, nannofossils, reworkedAcc rate nannos rew106 #/cm2/kaPalumbo, ElianaCalculated
Size:
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