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Counts, John; Jorry, Stephan; Vazquez Riveiros, Natalia; Jouet, Gwenael; Giraudeau, Jacques; Cheron, Sandrine; Boissier, Audrey; Miramontes, Elda. |
A 27 m core collected on the seafloor near Juan de Nova island at 1909 m depth in the SW Indian Ocean preserves a high‐resolution record of carbonate sediment export to the deep sea over the past 1 Myr. Core chronology was established using calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and benthic foraminiferal δ18O. Throughout the core, preserved highstand intervals (MIS 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23 and 25) are marked by an increase in the aragonite content within the sediment. Aragonite is likely sourced from the nearby Juan de Nova carbonate platform ~10 km to the south, and is interpreted to result from flooding of the platform top. Platform inundation allows carbonate muds to be winnowed from their original shallow‐water environment of deposition, suspended in... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Aragonite; Atoll; MIS 11; Mozambique Channel; Sea-level change. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00474/58553/61108.pdf |
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