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Van der Schee, Marlies; Sierro, Francisco Javier; Jiménez-Espejo, Francisco Jose; Hernandéz-Molina, Francisco Javier; Flecker, Rachel; Flores, José-Abel; Acton, Gary D; Gutjahr, Marcus; Grunert, Patrick; García-Gallardo, Ángela; Andersen, Nils (2016): Benthic oxygen isotopes, Zr/Al and grain size fractions over the Miocene-Pliocene boundary in the Gulf of Cadiz [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859197, Supplement to: Van der Schee, M et al. (2016): Evidence of early bottom water current flow after the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Gulf of Cadiz. Marine Geology, 380, 315-329, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.04.005

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Abstract:
During the latest Messinian, hemipelagic sediments exhibiting precession-induced climate variability were deposited. These are overlain by Pliocene sediments deposited at a much higher sedimentation rate, with much higher and more variable XRF-scanning Zr/Al ratios than the underlying sediment, and that show evidence of winnowing, particle sorting and increasing grain size, which we interpret to be related to the increasing flow of MOW. Pliocene sedimentary cyclicity is clearly visible in both the benthic d18O record and the Zr/Al data and is probably also precessionally controlled. On the basis of these results, we conclude that contouritic sedimentation, associated with weak Mediterranean-Atlantic exchange, began in the Gulf of Cadiz virtually at or shortly after the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, with two contouritic bigradational sandy-beds within the fourth precession cycle after the Miocene-Pliocene boundary.
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Integrated Ocean Drilling Program / International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)
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Latitude: 36.805232 * Longitude: -7.718795
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Van der Schee, M; Sierro, FJ; Jiménez-Espejo, FJ et al. (2016): Grain size composition of IODP Hole 339-U1387C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859195
  2. Van der Schee, M; Sierro, FJ; Jiménez-Espejo, FJ et al. (2016): Stable isotope measurement on Cibicidoides pachyderma of IODP Hole 339-U1387C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859193
  3. Van der Schee, M; Sierro, FJ; Jiménez-Espejo, FJ et al. (2016): Planktonic foraminifera of IODP Hole 339-U1387C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859196
  4. Van der Schee, M; Sierro, FJ; Jiménez-Espejo, FJ et al. (2016): Zr/Al ratios of IODP Hole 339-U1387C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859194