Planktonic foraminifera and sea surface temperature reconstruction of sediments from the Mediterranean Sea ...

• Main Authors: Sperling, Michael R, Schmiedl, Gerhard, Hemleben, Christoph, Emeis, Kay-Christian, Erlenkeuser, Helmut, Grootes, Pieter Meiert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2003
• Subjects: Piston corer Meischner large; M44/1; M44/3; Meteor 1986; Geosciences, University of Bremen GeoB; Paleoceanography at Tübingen University GeoTü; Southern European Seas Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes SESAME; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.736518; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.736518

Water exchange between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea has been a major focus of the paleohydrography of the eastern Mediterranean. Glacial melt water released from the Black Sea is a potential factor in the formation of sapropel S1, an organic-rich sediment layer that accumulated during the...