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Provedor de dados: | 5
País: | France
Título: | Quaternary sediment dynamics in the Belgica mound province, Porcupine Seabight: ice-rafting events and contour current processes
Autores: | Van Rooij, D.; Blamart, D.; Richter, T.; Wheeler, A.; Kozachenko, M.; Henriet, J.-p.
Data: | 2007-02
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Contourite; Ice-rafting event; British-Irish ice sheet; Porcupine Basin; Coral banks.
Resumo: | The Belgica cold-water coral banks on the eastern slope of the Porcupine Seabight are closely associated with bottom currents. In order to better understand the local temporal and spatial characteristics, as well as the palaeoclimatologic influences, a 26 m long core, taken on a small contourite drift, was studied. This sediment record of approximately 100 ka BP reveals new insights into the regional glacial and sedimentary processes, which are intrinsically linked to several geological, climatological, biological and hydrodynamic variables. The glacial sequences in the core contain six ice-rafting events (IRE). They are comparable with the North Atlantic Heinrich Events, although their characteristics show dominant influences from the proximal British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS). These IRE have a low magnetic susceptibility and are deposited during two or three ice-rafting pulses. The record of ice-rafting suggests a millennial-scaled BIIS destabilisation and confirms the start of a final retreat about 25 ka ago. Additionally, the glacial sequence corresponds to a muddy contourite, influenced by bottom-current strength variations during interstadials, possibly triggered by sporadic reintroductions of Mediterranean Outflow Water in a glacial North Atlantic Ocean. The interglacial sequence features an 11-m thick deep-water massive sand unit, probably deposited under a high-energy bottom-current regime.
Tipo: | Text
Idioma: | Inglês

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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00233/34438/32929.pdf

DOI:10.1007/s00531-006-0086-6

https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00233/34438/

Editor: | Springer
Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | International Journal Of Earth Sciences (1437-3254) (Springer), 2007-02 , Vol. 96 , N. 1 , P. 121-140

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Springer-Verlag 2006

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