(Table 1) Depth-age points used for initial chronology and adjusted ages of ODP Site 162-982

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Hauptverfasser: Hodell, David A, Curtis, Jason H, Sierro, Francisco Javier, Raymo, Maureen E
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author Hodell, David A
Curtis, Jason H
Sierro, Francisco Javier
Raymo, Maureen E
author_facet Hodell, David A
Curtis, Jason H
Sierro, Francisco Javier
Raymo, Maureen E
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 982 in the North Atlantic contains a complete latest Miocene to early Pliocene section that was tuned to the astronomical timescale by correlating the record of gamma ray attenuation (GRA) bulk density to summer insolation at 65°N and the benthic d18O signal to orbital obliquity for the interval from 4.6 to 7.5 Ma. The astronomical tuning of the Site 982 record permits a direct bed-to-bed correlation to the cyclostratigraphy of Messinian sections in the Mediterranean (Krijgsman et al., 1999a, doi:10.1038/23231, 2001, doi:10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00171-8). The benthic d18O signal at Site 982 records a latest Miocene glacial period that lasted from ~6.26 to 5.50 Ma and consisted of 18 glacial-to-interglacial oscillations that were controlled by the 41-kyr cycle of obliquity. Although the intensification of glaciation at 6.26 Ma may have contributed to the restriction of the Mediterranean, it preceded the depositional onset of the lower evaporite unit at 5.96 Ma by some 300 kyr. The transition from Stage TG12 to TG11 at 5.5 Ma marks the end of the latest Miocene glacial period and precedes the Miocene/Pliocene boundary by 170 kyr. Although benthic d18O values are relatively low and d18O of bulk carbonate reaches a minimum at the Miocene/Pliocene boundary at 5.33 Ma, there is no single "event" that would indicate deglaciation and sea level rise as the cause of the reflooding of the Mediterranean. We conclude that glacioeustatic changes alone were not responsible for either the start or end of evaporite deposition during the Messinian, suggesting that tectonic or local climate changes in the Mediterranean region were the dominant cause(s).
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spellingShingle (Table 1) Depth-age points used for initial chronology and adjusted ages of ODP Site 162-982
Hodell, David A
Curtis, Jason H
Sierro, Francisco Javier
Raymo, Maureen E
162-982; Age model; Age model, optional; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Datum level; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Joides Resolution; Leg162; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 982 in the North Atlantic contains a complete latest Miocene to early Pliocene section that was tuned to the astronomical timescale by correlating the record of gamma ray attenuation (GRA) bulk density to summer insolation at 65°N and the benthic d18O signal to orbital obliquity for the interval from 4.6 to 7.5 Ma. The astronomical tuning of the Site 982 record permits a direct bed-to-bed correlation to the cyclostratigraphy of Messinian sections in the Mediterranean (Krijgsman et al., 1999a, doi:10.1038/23231, 2001, doi:10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00171-8). The benthic d18O signal at Site 982 records a latest Miocene glacial period that lasted from ~6.26 to 5.50 Ma and consisted of 18 glacial-to-interglacial oscillations that were controlled by the 41-kyr cycle of obliquity. Although the intensification of glaciation at 6.26 Ma may have contributed to the restriction of the Mediterranean, it preceded the depositional onset of the lower evaporite unit at 5.96 Ma by some 300 kyr. The transition from Stage TG12 to TG11 at 5.5 Ma marks the end of the latest Miocene glacial period and precedes the Miocene/Pliocene boundary by 170 kyr. Although benthic d18O values are relatively low and d18O of bulk carbonate reaches a minimum at the Miocene/Pliocene boundary at 5.33 Ma, there is no single "event" that would indicate deglaciation and sea level rise as the cause of the reflooding of the Mediterranean. We conclude that glacioeustatic changes alone were not responsible for either the start or end of evaporite deposition during the Messinian, suggesting that tectonic or local climate changes in the Mediterranean region were the dominant cause(s).
title (Table 1) Depth-age points used for initial chronology and adjusted ages of ODP Site 162-982
topic 162-982; Age model; Age model, optional; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Datum level; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Joides Resolution; Leg162; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847765