Age determinations on 4 sediment cores off Iceland

Fuente: PANGAEA
Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Knudsen, Karen Luise, Eiriksson, Jón
Formato: Dataset Open Access
Lenguaje:en
Publicado: PANGAEA 2002
Materias:
Acceso en línea:
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
_version_ 1867169498622066688
author Knudsen, Karen Luise
Eiriksson, Jón
author_facet Knudsen, Karen Luise
Eiriksson, Jón
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The north Icelandic shelf is partly distinguished by the Tjörnes Fracture Zone featuring numerous active basins in a mud-dominated shelf environment. Late Glacial and Holocene high-resolution sedimentary records from this area have been studied with tephrochronology as the main tool for correlation and for exact timing of palaeoceanographic events in the area. Data from three new piston cores from the shelf demonstrate the importance of tephra markers for the first chronological evaluation and correlation of the cores. The correlation is extended with lithological logs and with magnetic susceptibility records. A detailed multidisciplinary study (including biostratigraphy and tephrochronology) of a late Holocene record of predominantly muddy sediments at the same location demonstrates that marked variations in the distribution of water masses occurred repeatedly through the last 4500 cal. yr. Of special interest is the exact timing of a marked drop in sea-surface temperature in the area, indicated by ice rafting debris concentration, to about 50 years before the Hekla 3 eruption, which occurred at 2980 cal. yr BP. This appears to predate most records of a general cooling event in NW Europe by a couple of centuries. Two different possible age models, one based on 14C dates combined with tephra markers and one based on tephra markers alone, are discussed in context with the problem of different marine reservoir ages of the water masses in the area.
format Dataset Open Access
id pangaea_https___doi_org_10_1594_PANGAEA_712327
institution PANGAEA
language en
publishDate 2002
publisher PANGAEA
record_format pangaea
spellingShingle Age determinations on 4 sediment cores off Iceland
Knudsen, Karen Luise
Eiriksson, Jón
1159G; 1957ISL; 5<56>Fr; CALYPSO; Calypso Corer; GC; Gravity corer; HM107-03; IMAGES; IMAGES V; International Marine Global Change Study; Marion Dufresne (1995); MD114; MD99-2271; MD99-2272; MD99-2275; N. Iceland shelf, Eyjafjardarall; North Icelandic Shelf; Skjalfandadjup
The north Icelandic shelf is partly distinguished by the Tjörnes Fracture Zone featuring numerous active basins in a mud-dominated shelf environment. Late Glacial and Holocene high-resolution sedimentary records from this area have been studied with tephrochronology as the main tool for correlation and for exact timing of palaeoceanographic events in the area. Data from three new piston cores from the shelf demonstrate the importance of tephra markers for the first chronological evaluation and correlation of the cores. The correlation is extended with lithological logs and with magnetic susceptibility records. A detailed multidisciplinary study (including biostratigraphy and tephrochronology) of a late Holocene record of predominantly muddy sediments at the same location demonstrates that marked variations in the distribution of water masses occurred repeatedly through the last 4500 cal. yr. Of special interest is the exact timing of a marked drop in sea-surface temperature in the area, indicated by ice rafting debris concentration, to about 50 years before the Hekla 3 eruption, which occurred at 2980 cal. yr BP. This appears to predate most records of a general cooling event in NW Europe by a couple of centuries. Two different possible age models, one based on 14C dates combined with tephra markers and one based on tephra markers alone, are discussed in context with the problem of different marine reservoir ages of the water masses in the area.
title Age determinations on 4 sediment cores off Iceland
topic 1159G; 1957ISL; 5<56>Fr; CALYPSO; Calypso Corer; GC; Gravity corer; HM107-03; IMAGES; IMAGES V; International Marine Global Change Study; Marion Dufresne (1995); MD114; MD99-2271; MD99-2272; MD99-2275; N. Iceland shelf, Eyjafjardarall; North Icelandic Shelf; Skjalfandadjup
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712327