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Weinelt, Mara; Schirrmacher, Julien (2021): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblages from sediment core GeoB5901-2 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931385

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Abstract:
This dataset provides planktonic foraminiferal assemblage data from the marine sediment core GeoB5901-2 (Gulf of Cadiz). Planktonic foraminiferal species are presented in percentages of total counts in relation to core depth. The dataset has been accomplished in 2017/2018 and form the basis of SIMMAX-derived seasonal sea surface temperature reconstructions (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.899720). AMS dates for the core can be found at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.912670. In order to count planktonic foraminiferal specimens approximately 10 cm³ of sediment sample has been washed over a 63 µm sieve and was subsequently dried at 40 °C. The samples were then dry-sieved for larger fractions. Foraminifera have been counted under the microscope from the > 150 µm fraction, which previously has been split into aliquots of at least 300 specimens using a Kiel dry sample splitter.
Keyword(s):
Alboran Sea; Gulf of Cadiz; Holocene; Planktonic foraminifera; Sea surface temperature
Supplement to:
Weinelt, Mara; Kneisel, Jutta; Schirrmacher, Julien; Hinz, Martin; Ribeiro, Artur (2021): Potential responses and resilience of Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age societies to mid-to Late Holocene climate change on the southern Iberian Peninsula. Environmental Research Letters, 16(5), 055007, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd8a8
Related to:
Schirrmacher, Julien; Kneisel, Jutta; Knitter, Daniel; Hamer, Wolfgang; Hinz, Martin; Schneider, Ralph R; Weinelt, Mara (2020): Spatial patterns of temperature, precipitation, and settlement dynamics on the Iberian Peninsula during the Chalcolithic and the Bronze Age. Quaternary Science Reviews, 233, 106220, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106220
Schirrmacher, Julien; Weinelt, Mara; Blanz, Thomas; Andersen, Nils; Salgueiro, Emilia; Schneider, Ralph R (2019): Multi-decadal atmospheric and marine climate variability in southern Iberia during the mid- to late-Holocene. Climate of the Past, 15(2), 617-634, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-617-2019
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 290391021: TransformationsDimensionen - Mensch-Umwelt Wechselwirkungen in Prähistorischen und Archaischen Gesellschaften
Coverage:
Latitude: 36.380000 * Longitude: -7.071330
Date/Time Start: 1999-05-20T03:21:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-05-20T03:21:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.0625 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.4975 m
Event(s):
GeoB5901-2 * Latitude: 36.380000 * Longitude: -7.071330 * Date/Time: 1999-05-20T03:21:00 * Elevation: -574.0 m * Recovery: 3.26 m * Campaign: M45/1 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Gravity corer (Kiel type) (SL)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmWeinelt, MaraGeocode
2Foraminifera, plankticForam plankt#Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fractioncounts
3Globigerinella aequilateralisG. aequilateralis%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
4Globigerina bulloidesG. bulloides%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
5Globigerina calidaG. calida%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
6Globigerinoides conglobatusG. conglobatus%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
7Globorotalia crassaformisG. crassaformis%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
8Globigerina digitataG. digitata%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
9Globigerina falconensisG. falconensis%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
10Globigerinita glutinataG. glutinata%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
11Globorotalia hirsutaG. hirsuta%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
12Globorotalia inflataG. inflata%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
13Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistralN. pachyderma s%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
14Neogloboquadrina pachyderma dextralN. pachyderma d%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction+ Neogloboquadrina incompta
15Turborotalita quinquelobaT. quinqueloba%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
16Globigerinoides ruber pinkG. ruber p%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
17Globigerinoides ruber whiteG. ruber w%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
18Globigerina rubescensG. rubescens%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
19Globigerinoides trilobusG. trilobus%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
20Trilobatus sacculiferT. sacculifer%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
21Globorotalia scitulaG. scitula%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
22Globigerinoides tenellusG. tenellus%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
23Globorotalia truncatulinoides sinistralG. truncatulinoides s%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
24Globorotalia truncatulinoides dextralG. truncatulinoides d%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
25Globorotalia truncatulinoidesG. truncatulinoides%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fractionsum
26Orbulina universaO. universa%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction
27Globorotalia menardiiG. menardii%Weinelt, MaraCounting >150 µm fraction+tumida
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
1664 data points

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