Physical properties of sediment cores from the Iberian Continental Slope
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| author | Heilemann, Kristina |
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| contents | Climatic changes cause alterations in circulation patterns of the world oceans. The highly saline Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW), built within the Mediterranean Sea crosses the Strait of Gibraltar in westerly directions, turning north-westward to stick to the Iberian Slope within 600-1500m water depths. Circulation pattern and current speed of the MOW are strongly influenced by climatically induced variations and thus control sedimentation processes along the South- and West - Iberian Continental Slope. Sedimentation characteristics of the investigated area are therefore suitable to reconstruct temporal hydrodynamic changes of the MOW. Detailed investigations on the silt-sized grain distribution, physical properties and hydroacoustic data were performed to recalculate paleo-current-velocities and to understand the sedimentation history in the Golf of Cadiz and the Portuguese Continental Slope. A time model based on d18Odata and 14C-datings of planktic foraminifera allowed the stratigraphical classification of the core material and thus the dating of the current induced sediment layers showing the variations of paleo-current intensities. The evaluation and interpretation of the gathered data sets enabled us to reconstruct lateral and temporal sedimentation patterns of the MOW for the Holocene and the late Pleistocene, back to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). |
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| spellingShingle | Physical properties of sediment cores from the Iberian Continental Slope Heilemann, Kristina GEOMAR; Giant box corer; GKG; Gravity corer (Kiel type); Gravity corer (Russian type); Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel; M39/1; M39/1_02-5; M39/1_02-6; M39/1_03-3; M39/1_04-3; M39/1_08-3; M39/1_15-3; M39/1_16-3; M39/1_17-3; M39/1_18-2; M39/1_22-4; M39/1_29-4; M39/1_29-7; M39/1_29-8; M39/1_36-2; M39/1_36-4; M39/1_37-1; M39/1_58-2; M39/1_59-2; M39008-3; M39016-3; M39017-3; M39022-4; M39029-4; M39029-7; M39029-8; M39036-2; M39058-2; M39059-2; Meteor (1986); RGC; SL Climatic changes cause alterations in circulation patterns of the world oceans. The highly saline Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW), built within the Mediterranean Sea crosses the Strait of Gibraltar in westerly directions, turning north-westward to stick to the Iberian Slope within 600-1500m water depths. Circulation pattern and current speed of the MOW are strongly influenced by climatically induced variations and thus control sedimentation processes along the South- and West - Iberian Continental Slope. Sedimentation characteristics of the investigated area are therefore suitable to reconstruct temporal hydrodynamic changes of the MOW. Detailed investigations on the silt-sized grain distribution, physical properties and hydroacoustic data were performed to recalculate paleo-current-velocities and to understand the sedimentation history in the Golf of Cadiz and the Portuguese Continental Slope. A time model based on d18Odata and 14C-datings of planktic foraminifera allowed the stratigraphical classification of the core material and thus the dating of the current induced sediment layers showing the variations of paleo-current intensities. The evaluation and interpretation of the gathered data sets enabled us to reconstruct lateral and temporal sedimentation patterns of the MOW for the Holocene and the late Pleistocene, back to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). |
| title | Physical properties of sediment cores from the Iberian Continental Slope |
| topic | GEOMAR; Giant box corer; GKG; Gravity corer (Kiel type); Gravity corer (Russian type); Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel; M39/1; M39/1_02-5; M39/1_02-6; M39/1_03-3; M39/1_04-3; M39/1_08-3; M39/1_15-3; M39/1_16-3; M39/1_17-3; M39/1_18-2; M39/1_22-4; M39/1_29-4; M39/1_29-7; M39/1_29-8; M39/1_36-2; M39/1_36-4; M39/1_37-1; M39/1_58-2; M39/1_59-2; M39008-3; M39016-3; M39017-3; M39022-4; M39029-4; M39029-7; M39029-8; M39036-2; M39058-2; M39059-2; Meteor (1986); RGC; SL |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706905 |