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Main Authors: Barash, Max S, Yushina, Irina G
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 1999
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.761082
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author Barash, Max S
Yushina, Irina G
author_facet Barash, Max S
Yushina, Irina G
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Evolution of approaches and methods for reconstruction of paleoenvironmental conditions from microfossils contained in bottom sediments is assessed. Authors elaborated a new actualistic basis for such reconstructions, consisting of a database on contents of tests of planktonic foraminifers in the surface layer of Atlantic sediments and a package of mathematical tools for computer data processing. Structure of the database is described. It contains data on test contents for 29 species and varieties of planktonic foraminifers in 381 samples. A mathematical model designed for reconstructions is based on factor analysis and multidimensional spline interpolation. The model allows one to deduce Quaternary hydrological parameters (paleotemperature, paleosalinity) for standard hydrological levels down to depth of 250 m for the four seasons of the year. Reconstructions are illustrated by an example of a sedimentary core from the North Atlantic representing a period of 300 ky. During the next to last and the last maxima of continental glaciation (oxygen isotope stages 8, 6, 4, and 2), the subarctic water mass was spread here. Winter and summer surface water temperatures comprised 1-5° and 5-7°C, respectively. During interglacials and in Holocene the conditions were close to present ones: winter and summer surface water temperatures comprised 10-12 and 15-17°C, respectively. Vertical paleohydrological profiles compiled for peaks of climatostratigraphic intervals suggest that during cold intervals water stratification was stronger than during the warm ones. At depth 50 m seasonal salinity oscillations did not exceed 0.4 per mil and commonly salinity was minimum in winter and maximum in summer.
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spellingShingle Planktonic foraminifera in Core ML2_66, North Atlantic
Barash, Max S
Yushina, Irina G
Archive of Ocean Data; ARCOD; GC; Gravity corer; Mikhail Lomonosov; ML2__Campaign; ML2_66; North Atlantic Ocean
Evolution of approaches and methods for reconstruction of paleoenvironmental conditions from microfossils contained in bottom sediments is assessed. Authors elaborated a new actualistic basis for such reconstructions, consisting of a database on contents of tests of planktonic foraminifers in the surface layer of Atlantic sediments and a package of mathematical tools for computer data processing. Structure of the database is described. It contains data on test contents for 29 species and varieties of planktonic foraminifers in 381 samples. A mathematical model designed for reconstructions is based on factor analysis and multidimensional spline interpolation. The model allows one to deduce Quaternary hydrological parameters (paleotemperature, paleosalinity) for standard hydrological levels down to depth of 250 m for the four seasons of the year. Reconstructions are illustrated by an example of a sedimentary core from the North Atlantic representing a period of 300 ky. During the next to last and the last maxima of continental glaciation (oxygen isotope stages 8, 6, 4, and 2), the subarctic water mass was spread here. Winter and summer surface water temperatures comprised 1-5° and 5-7°C, respectively. During interglacials and in Holocene the conditions were close to present ones: winter and summer surface water temperatures comprised 10-12 and 15-17°C, respectively. Vertical paleohydrological profiles compiled for peaks of climatostratigraphic intervals suggest that during cold intervals water stratification was stronger than during the warm ones. At depth 50 m seasonal salinity oscillations did not exceed 0.4 per mil and commonly salinity was minimum in winter and maximum in summer.
title Planktonic foraminifera in Core ML2_66, North Atlantic
topic Archive of Ocean Data; ARCOD; GC; Gravity corer; Mikhail Lomonosov; ML2__Campaign; ML2_66; North Atlantic Ocean
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.761082