Stable oxygen isotope ratios and grain size analyses of sediment cores from the Propeller Mound, Northeast Atlantic

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Main Authors: Dorschel, Boris, Hebbeln, Dierk, Rüggeberg, Andres, Dullo, Wolf-Christian
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author Dorschel, Boris
Hebbeln, Dierk
Rüggeberg, Andres
Dullo, Wolf-Christian
author_facet Dorschel, Boris
Hebbeln, Dierk
Rüggeberg, Andres
Dullo, Wolf-Christian
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The first detailed stratigraphic record from a deep-water carbonate mound in the Northeast Atlantic based on absolute datings (U/Th and AMS 14C) and stable oxygen isotope records reveals that its top sediment sequences are condensed by numerous hiatuses. According to stable isotope data, mainly sediments with an intermediate signal are preserved on the mound, while almost all fully glacial and interglacial sediments have either not been deposited or have been eroded later. The resulting hiatuses reduce the Late Pleistocene sediment accumulation at Propeller Mound to amounts smaller than the background sedimentation. The hiatuses most likely result due to the sweeping of the mound in turn with the re-establishment of vigour interglacial circulation patterns after sluggish current regimes during glacials. Thus, within the discussion if internal, fluid-driven or external environmentally driven processes control the evolution of such carbonate mounds, our findings for Propeller Mound clearly point to environmental forcing as the dominant mechanism shaping deep-water carbonate mounds in the NE Atlantic during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene.
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spellingShingle Stable oxygen isotope ratios and grain size analyses of sediment cores from the Propeller Mound, Northeast Atlantic
Dorschel, Boris
Hebbeln, Dierk
Rüggeberg, Andres
Dullo, Wolf-Christian
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; ECOMOUND; Environmental controls on mound formation along the european margin; GeoB6718-2; GeoB6728-1; GeoB6729-1; GeoB6730-1; Gravity corer (Kiel type); MARUM; Porcupine Seabight; POS265; POS478-2; POS488-1; POS489-1; POS490-1; Poseidon; SL
The first detailed stratigraphic record from a deep-water carbonate mound in the Northeast Atlantic based on absolute datings (U/Th and AMS 14C) and stable oxygen isotope records reveals that its top sediment sequences are condensed by numerous hiatuses. According to stable isotope data, mainly sediments with an intermediate signal are preserved on the mound, while almost all fully glacial and interglacial sediments have either not been deposited or have been eroded later. The resulting hiatuses reduce the Late Pleistocene sediment accumulation at Propeller Mound to amounts smaller than the background sedimentation. The hiatuses most likely result due to the sweeping of the mound in turn with the re-establishment of vigour interglacial circulation patterns after sluggish current regimes during glacials. Thus, within the discussion if internal, fluid-driven or external environmentally driven processes control the evolution of such carbonate mounds, our findings for Propeller Mound clearly point to environmental forcing as the dominant mechanism shaping deep-water carbonate mounds in the NE Atlantic during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene.
title Stable oxygen isotope ratios and grain size analyses of sediment cores from the Propeller Mound, Northeast Atlantic
topic Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; ECOMOUND; Environmental controls on mound formation along the european margin; GeoB6718-2; GeoB6728-1; GeoB6729-1; GeoB6730-1; Gravity corer (Kiel type); MARUM; Porcupine Seabight; POS265; POS478-2; POS488-1; POS489-1; POS490-1; Poseidon; SL
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.711985