Coarse-fraction composition in sediments of ODP Leg 104, supplement to: Henrich, Rüdiger; Wolf, Thomas C W; Bohrmann, Gerhard; Thiede, Jörn (1989): Cenozoic paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic changes in the northern hemisphere revealed by variability of coarse-fraction composition in sediments from the Vøring Plateau-ODP Leg 104 drill sites. In: Eldholm, O; Thiede, J; Taylor, E; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 104, 75-188

Coarse-fraction studies of sediments recovered during ODP Leg 104 are used to reconstruct paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic environments on a time scale of 0.1 to 0.5 m.y. for the past 20 Ma. These investigations suggest that relatively warm climates and isolated deep water conditions prevailed pr...

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Main Authors: Henrich, Rüdiger, Wolf, Thomas C W, Bohrmann, Gerhard, Thiede, Jörn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 1989
Subjects:
Drilling/drill rig
Leg104
Joides Resolution
Ocean Drilling Program ODP
Greenland
Vøring Plateau
Greenland Sea
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.756476
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.756476
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Summary:Coarse-fraction studies of sediments recovered during ODP Leg 104 are used to reconstruct paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic environments on a time scale of 0.1 to 0.5 m.y. for the past 20 Ma. These investigations suggest that relatively warm climates and isolated deep water conditions prevailed prior to 13.6 Ma and between 5.6-4.8 Ma. The first major deep water outflow from the Norwegian-Greenland Sea into the North Atlantic took place at about 13.6 Ma. Progressive cooling linked to increased deep water renewal in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea appears to have occurred between 13.6-5.6 Ma and 4.8-3.1 Ma. A major onset of ice-rafted debris is recorded at 2.56 Ma. Terrigenous coarsefraction components show important fluctuations with two major peaks during the past 0.8 Ma.

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