Stable isotope record, foraminifera and susceptibility determination of sediment core ENAM9321 ...

• Main Authors: Rasmussen, Tine Lander, Thomsen, Erik, van Weering, Tjeerd C E, Labeyrie, Laurent D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1996
• Subjects: Piston corer; Greenland; Greenland ice cores; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.734031; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.734031

A high-resolution piston core, ENAM93-21, from a water depth of 1020 m near the Faeroe-Shetland Channel is investigated for variations in magnetic susceptibility, surface oxygen isotopes, grain size distribution, content of ice-rafted detritus (IRD), and distribution of planktonic and benthic foraminifera. The core, covering the last 58,000 years, is correlated with the Greenland ice cores and compared with paleorecords from the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. All fifteen Dansgaard-Oeschger climatic cycles recognized from the investigated time period in the Greenland ice cores have been identified in the ENAM93-21 core. Each cycle is subdivided into three intervals on the basis of characteristic benthic and planktonic faunas. Interstadial intervals contain a relatively warm planktonic fauna and a benthic fauna similar to the modern fauna in the Norwegian Sea. This indicates thermohaline convection as at present, with a significant contribution of deep water to the North Atlantic Deep Water ... : Supplement to: Rasmussen, Tine Lander; Thomsen, Erik; van Weering, Tjeerd C E; Labeyrie, Laurent D (1996): Rapid changes in surface and deep water conditions at the Faeroe margin during the last 58,000 years. Paleoceanography, 11(6), 757-771 ...