The impact of the last European deglaciation on the deep-sea turbidite systems of the Celtic-Armorican margin (Bay of Biscay) |
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Authors: | Sébastien Zaragosi Jean-François Bourillet Frédérique Eynaud Samuel Toucanne Benjamin Denhard Aurélie Van Toer Valentine Lanfumey |
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Institution: | 1. Département de Géologie et Océanographie, Université Bordeaux I, UMR 5805 EPOC, 33405, Talence Cedex, France 3. Laboratoire Environnements Sédimentaires, Géosciences Marines, Institut Fran?ais de Recherche pour l‘Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), B.P. 70, 29280, Plouzané Cedex, France 2. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l‘Environnement, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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Abstract: | The compilation of results obtained on three giant piston cores from the Whittard, Shamrock and Guilcher turbidite levees reveals a high-resolution stratigraphic record for the Bay of Biscay. Due to the abundance of reworked sediments in these sedimentary environments, a specific methodological approach, based on an X-ray-assisted subsampling phase associated with sedimentological, geochemical and micropalaeontological analyses, was implemented. With an accurate chronological framework, this multi-proxy investigation provides observations on the ‘Fleuve Manche’ palaeoriver and the British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIS) histories over the last 20,000 years. The results obtained highlight the direct influence of the decay of the BIS on the Bay of Biscay deep-sea clastic sedimentation during the last European deglacial phase. During this period, the annual BIS cycle of meltwater seems enough to generate seasonal turbidity currents associated with exceptional sedimentation rates in all the Celtic and Armorican turbidite systems. With very high sedimentation rates, the turbidite levees represent the main deep-sea clastic depositional area. Long coring combined with a very careful subsampling method can provide continuous high-resolution palaeoenvironmental signals. |
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