Relative abundances of sea ice-related diatoms in sediment core MD03-2601

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Main Authors: Crosta, Xavier, Debret, Maxime, Denis, Delphine, Courty, M A, Ther, Olivier
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author Crosta, Xavier
Debret, Maxime
Denis, Delphine
Courty, M A
Ther, Olivier
author_facet Crosta, Xavier
Debret, Maxime
Denis, Delphine
Courty, M A
Ther, Olivier
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Diatom data from a marine sediment core give insight on Holocene changes in sea-surface conditions and climate at high southern latitudes off Adélie Land, East Antarctica. The early to mid-Holocene was warmer than the late Holocene with a transition at ~4000 calendar years B. P. Sea ice was less present and spring-summer growing season was greater during the warm period relative to the cold one, thus limiting sea ice diatom production and favoring more open ocean diatom to develop. The long-term Holocene climatic evolution in East Antarctica is explained by a combination of a delayed response to local seasonal insolation changes coupled to the long memory of the Southern Ocean. Abrupt variations of the diatom relative abundances, indicating rapid climate changes, are superimposed to the Holocene long-term trends. Spectral analyses calculate robust frequencies at ~1600 a (where “a” is years), ~1250 a, ~1050 a, ~570 a, ~310 a, ~230 a, ~150–125 a, ~110 a, ~90 a, and ~66 a. Such periods are very close to solar activity cyclicities, except for the periods at ~310 a and ~1250 a, which are close to internal climate variability cyclicities. Wavelet analyses estimate the same periods but indicate nonstationary cyclicities. Rapid climate changes at high southern latitudes may therefore be explained by a combination of external (solar) and internal (thermohaline circulation) forcings.
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spellingShingle Relative abundances of sea ice-related diatoms in sediment core MD03-2601
Crosta, Xavier
Debret, Maxime
Denis, Delphine
Courty, M A
Ther, Olivier
AGE; CALYPSO; Calypso Corer; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Fragilariopsis curta and Fragilariopsis cylindrus; IMAGES X - CADO; Marion Dufresne (1995); MD032601; MD03-2601; MD130; Southern Ocean
Diatom data from a marine sediment core give insight on Holocene changes in sea-surface conditions and climate at high southern latitudes off Adélie Land, East Antarctica. The early to mid-Holocene was warmer than the late Holocene with a transition at ~4000 calendar years B. P. Sea ice was less present and spring-summer growing season was greater during the warm period relative to the cold one, thus limiting sea ice diatom production and favoring more open ocean diatom to develop. The long-term Holocene climatic evolution in East Antarctica is explained by a combination of a delayed response to local seasonal insolation changes coupled to the long memory of the Southern Ocean. Abrupt variations of the diatom relative abundances, indicating rapid climate changes, are superimposed to the Holocene long-term trends. Spectral analyses calculate robust frequencies at ~1600 a (where “a” is years), ~1250 a, ~1050 a, ~570 a, ~310 a, ~230 a, ~150–125 a, ~110 a, ~90 a, and ~66 a. Such periods are very close to solar activity cyclicities, except for the periods at ~310 a and ~1250 a, which are close to internal climate variability cyclicities. Wavelet analyses estimate the same periods but indicate nonstationary cyclicities. Rapid climate changes at high southern latitudes may therefore be explained by a combination of external (solar) and internal (thermohaline circulation) forcings.
title Relative abundances of sea ice-related diatoms in sediment core MD03-2601
topic AGE; CALYPSO; Calypso Corer; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Fragilariopsis curta and Fragilariopsis cylindrus; IMAGES X - CADO; Marion Dufresne (1995); MD032601; MD03-2601; MD130; Southern Ocean
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788320