Calcareous nannofossil and planktonic foraminiferal distributional patterns during deposition of sapropels S6, S5 and S1 in the Libyan Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) |
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Authors: | Maria V Triantaphyllou Assimina Antonarakou Margarita Dimiza Christos Anagnostou |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment, Department of Historical Geology-Palaeontology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15784 Athens, Greece;(2) Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, P.O. Box 712, 19013 Anavissos, Greece |
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Abstract: | In core ADE3-23 collected in the Libyan Sea, the nannofossil species Coccolithus pelagicus, Coronosphaera spp., Helicosphaera spp., Syracosphaera spp., Calcidiscus spp., small Gephyrocapsa spp., and the planktonic foraminifers Globigerina bulloides, Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, Globorotalia scitula, Turborotalita quinqueloba and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei prevail in sapropel S6 (midpoint at 172 ka b.p.), indicative of cold and highly productive surface conditions. Warm and highly stratified water-column conditions are recorded
by the characteristic assemblage of Globigerinoides ruber, Globoturborotalita rubescens, Florisphaera profunda, Rhabdosphaera spp. during the sapropel S5 depositional interval (midpoint at 124 ka b.p.). Compared with S5, Globigerinita glutinata, Globorotalia inflata, Globigerinella siphonifera, Globorotalia truncatulinoides and the calcareous nannofossil Emiliania huxleyi characterise less stratified conditions within sapropel S1 (midpoint at 8.5 ka b.p.). Multivariate statistical analyses of calcareous nannofossil and planktonic foraminifers in core ADE3-23 identify planktonic
assemblages which typify sapropels S6, S5 and S1 in the Libyan Sea. A warmer interval is recognised in the middle part of
the cold S6, and can be associated with an influx of less saline waters and the occurrence of a faint, temporary deep chlorophyll
maximum. Evidence for enhanced surface productivity and breakdown of stratification is observed in the middle–upper part of
the warm S5, associated with climatic deterioration. Moreover, an increase in surface productivity in the upper S1 implies
weak stratification. Our combined calcareous nannofossil and planktonic foraminiferal data add to the evidence that climate
variability was more pronounced than commonly considered to date for all the three studied Eastern Mediterranean sapropel
depositional intervals. |
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