Wary, Mélanie; Eynaud, Frédérique; Rossignol, Linda; Lapuyade, Joanna; Gasparotto, Marie-Camille; Londeix, Laurent; Malaizé, Bruno; Castera, Marie-Hélène; Charlier, Karine (2016): Dinocyst-derived sea-surface characteristics, palynomorph abundances, ice-rafted debris, and planktonic foraminifera abundances and δ¹⁸O of the 35-41 ka BP interval of core MD99-2285 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864808, Supplement to: Wary, M et al. (2016): Norwegian Sea warm pulses during Dansgaard-Oeschger stadials: Zooming in on these anomalies over the 35–41 ka cal BP interval and their impacts on proximal European ice-sheet dynamics. Quaternary Science Reviews, 151, 255-272, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.09.011
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Abstract:
The last glacial millennial climatic events (i.e. Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich events) constitute outstanding case studies of coupled atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere interactions. Here, we investigate the evolution of sea-surface and subsurface conditions, in terms of temperature, salinity and sea ice cover, at very high-resolution (mean resolution between 55 and 155 years depending on proxies) during the 35-41 ka cal BP interval covering three Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles and including Heinrich event 4, in a new unpublished marine record, i.e. the MD99-2285 core (62.69°N; -3.57°E). We use a large panel of complementary tools, which notably includes dinocyst-derived sea-ice cover duration quantifications. The high temporal resolution and multiproxy approach of this work allows us to identify the sequence of processes and to assess ocean-cryosphere interactions occurring during these periodic ice-sheet collapse events. Our results evidence a paradoxical hydrological scheme where (i) Greenland interstadials are marked by a homogeneous and cold upper water column, with intensive winter sea ice formation and summer sea ice melting, and (ii) Greenland and Heinrich stadials are characterized by a very warm and low saline surface layer with iceberg calving and reduced sea ice formation, separated by a strong halocline from a less warm and saltier subsurface layer. Our work also suggests that this stadial surface/subsurface warming started before massive iceberg release, in relation with warm Atlantic water advection. These findings thus support the theory that upper ocean warming might have triggered European ice-sheet destabilization. Besides, previous paleoceanographic studies conducted along the Atlantic inflow pathways close to the edge of European ice-sheets suggest that such a feature might have occurred in this whole area. Nonetheless, additional high resolution paleoreconstructions are required to confirm such a regional scheme.
Coverage:
Latitude: 62.693833 * Longitude: -3.572333
Date/Time Start: 1999-08-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-08-01T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 4.445 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 5.990 m
Event(s):
MD99-2285 (2065N) * Latitude: 62.693833 * Longitude: -3.572333 * Date/Time: 1999-08-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: -885.0 m * Recovery: 46.92 m * Location: N.Faeroes * Campaign: MD114 (IMAGES V) * Basis: Marion Dufresne (1995) * Method/Device: Calypso Corer (CALYPSO) * Comment: N.Faeroes (MD 95 2009)
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License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
647 data points