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- Bordiga, Manuela, et al.
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Coccolithophore carbonate during the last 450 ka in the NW Pacific Ocean (ODP site 1209B, Shatsky Rise)
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Quaternary Science. - : Wiley. - 0267-8179 .- 1099-1417. ; 29:1, s. 57-69
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study focuses on Pleistocene-Holocene sediments from the Shatsky Rise (Ocean Drilling Program Site 1209B, NW Pacific Ocean). We quantify the contribution of calcite made by coccoliths in oceanic sediments, investigating the role of calcareous nannoplankton during the last 450 ka. Coccolith carbonate constitutes 60-90% of bulk carbonate. Coccolith carbonate accumulation rates (CARs) and CaCO3 fine fraction confirm that coccolithophores are major contributors to the carbonate export and accumulation. Primary productivity shows highest values from marine isotope stage (MIS) 12 to 8. Thereafter, although coccolith calcite content remains high, other sediment components, such as as foraminifera and biogenic opal, seem to be favored, perhaps related to an increase in fertilization by eolian dust. Our results demonstrate the important role of coccolithophore production and sedimentation on the regulation of ocean carbonate chemistry on time scales >1000-100 000 years. On glacial-interglacial scales, coccolithophore productivity could have affected deep-water saturation by buffering deep-sea CO2 through increased carbonate dissolution episodes. Spectral and wavelet analyses are consistent with CARs primarily driven by glacial-interglacial variability and obliquity-controlled changes. Coccolith-based paleoceanographic reconstructions allow us to establish that during the last 450 ka the mid-latitudes of the NW Pacific are controlled by the dynamics of the El Nino Southern Oscillation perturbations and Boreal Monsoon system.
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- Coccioni, Rodolfo, et al.
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Integrated stratigraphy of the Lutetian-Priabonian pelagic section at Bottaccione (Gubbio, central Italy) : A proposal for defining and positioning the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Bartonian Stage (Paleogene System, Eocene Series)
- 2022
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Ingår i: From the Guajira Desert to the Apennines, and from Mediterranean Microplates to the Mexican Killer Asteroid : Honoring the Career of Walter Alvarez - Honoring the Career of Walter Alvarez. - : Geological Society of America. - 0072-1077. - 9780813795577 - 9780813725574 ; 557
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- At present, the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Bartonian remains the only GSSP of the Paleogene System to be defined by the International Subcommission on Paleogene Stratigraphy (ISPS) and the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). Here, we present the results of an integrated, high-resolution study of calcareous plankton and benthic foraminifera biostratigraphy and a detailed magneto-, chemo-, and cyclostratigraphic analyses carried out through the upper Lutetian to the upper Priabonian pelagic sediments of the Bottaccione Gorge section near Gubbio, central Italy, to check its stratigraphic completeness and constrain in time the optimal interval for defining and positioning the GSSP for the base of the Bartonian Stage. The high-resolution and solid integrated stratigraphic framework established at Bottaccione confirmed the completeness of the section, which meets the ICS recommendations for a potential designation as a GSSP for the base of the Bartonian Stage. Thus, the Bottaccione section was compared with the parastratotype section of the Bartonian in its type area, Alum Bay, UK. On this basis, two reliable criteria for defining and positioning the Bartonian GSSP at Bottaccione are provided: (1) the base of magnetic polarity chronozone C18r as the primary correlation criterion and (2) the base of the calcareous nannofossil Dictyococcites bisectus, which defines the CNE14/CNE15 zonal boundary as a secondary correlation criterion.
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