Late Quaternary sporadic development of Desmophyllum dianthus deep-coral populations in the southern Labrador Sea with specific attention to their 14C- and 230Th-dating

• Published in: Marine Chemistry
• Main Authors: Maccali, Jenny, Hillaire-marcel, Claude, Ghaleb, Bassam, Ménabréaz, Lucie, Blénet, Aurélien, Edinger, Evan, Hélie, Jean-françois, Preda, Michel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2020
• Subjects: Deep-sea corals; Aragonite corals; Labrador Sea; Radiocarbon; U-series dating; Orphan Knoll; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00623/73496/72790.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2020.103807; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00623/73496/

About 70 fossil and live-collected specimens of Desmophyllum dianthus were collected from steep rocky surfaces and time-averaged assemblages at their base (“coral graveyards”) in the southern Labrador Sea at depths ranging from ~1700 m (Orphan Knoll) to ~2200 m (Flemish Cap). Aside from stable isoto...