The middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) event in the Contessa Highway section, Umbrian Apennines, Italy
We report a high-resolution paleomagnetic investigation constrained by new qualitative and semi-quantitative analyses of planktic and benthic foraminifera, nannofossil assemblages, integrated with oxygen and carbon isotope measurements, for the middle Eocene Scaglia limestones of the Contessa Highwa...
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We report a high-resolution paleomagnetic investigation constrained by new qualitative and semi-quantitative analyses of planktic and benthic foraminifera, nannofossil assemblages, integrated with oxygen and carbon isotope measurements, for the middle Eocene Scaglia limestones of the Contessa Highway section, central Italy. Calcareous plankton assemblages enable recognition of several biostratigraphic events from planktic foraminiferal Zone P11 to the lower part of Zone P15 and from calcareous nannofossil Zone NP15 to the upper part of Zone NP17, which results in refinement of the magnetobiostratigraphy of the Contessa Highway section. Correlation of the paleomagnetic polarity pattern with the geomagnetic polarity timescale provides a direct age interpretation for strata around the middle Eocene Scaglia limestones of the Contessa Highway section, from Chrons C21n (47 Ma) through to Subchron C18n.1n (38.5 Ma). Bulk carbon isotope values indicate a distinct carbon isotopic shift at 40 Ma that is interpreted to represent the first evidence in the northern hemisphere of the middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) that has recently been observed as a stable isotope anomaly in multiple records from the Indian-Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. This demonstrates a global response of the carbon cycle to the proposed transient increased pCO2 levels during the late middle Eocene and a consequent global CO2-driven climate change. Published 413-427 2.2. Laboratorio di paleomagnetismo JCR Journal reserved |
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The middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) event in the Contessa Highway section, Umbrian Apennines, Italy |
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ftingv:oai:www.earth-prints.org:2122/3014 2023-05-15T18:25:39+02:00 The middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) event in the Contessa Highway section, Umbrian Apennines, Italy Jovane, L. Florindo, F. Dinarès-Turell, J. Sprovieri, M. Marsili, A. Coccioni, R. Roberts, A. Monechi, S. Jovane, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Dinarès-Turell, J.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Sprovieri, M.; Istituto Ambiente Marino Costiero (CNR) Marsili, A.; Universita` degli Studi di Urbino Coccioni, R.; Universita` degli Studi di Urbino Roberts, A.; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Monechi, S.; Università degli Studi di Firenze Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Istituto Ambiente Marino Costiero (CNR) Universita` degli Studi di Urbino National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Università degli Studi di Firenze 2007-03 http://hdl.handle.net/2122/3014 https://doi.org/10.1130/B25917.1 en eng Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin / 119 (2007) Backman, J., 1987, Quantitative calcareous nannofossil biochronology of middle Eocene through early Oligocene sediments from DSDP Site 522 and 523: Abhandlungen der Geologische Bundesanstalt, v.39, p. 21-31. Berggren, W.A., Kent, D.V., Swisher, C.C., and Aubry, M.P., 1995, A revised Cenozoic geochronology and chronostratigraphy, in Berggren, W.A., Kent, D.V., Aubry, M.P., Hardenbol, J. (Eds.), Geochronology, Time Scales and Global Stratigraphic Correlation, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Special Publication 54, p. 129-212. Blow, W.H., 1969, Late middle Eocene to Recent planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy, in Brönniman, P., Renz, H.H. (Eds.), Proc. 1st International Conference on Planktonic Microfossils (Geneva, 1967). E.J. Brill, Leiden, v. 1, p. 199-421. Blow, W.H., 1979, The Cenozoic Globigerinida: A Study of the Morphology. Taxonomy. Evolutionary Relationships and the Stratigraphical Distribution of some Globigerinida (mainly Globigerinacea): Leiden, E.J. Brill, v. 3, p. 1413. Bohaty, S. M., and Zachos, J. C., 2003, Significant Southern Ocean warming event in the late middle Eocene: Geology, v. 31, p. 1017-1020. 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W., (Eds.), Methods in Paleomagnetism, Elsevier Sciences, New York, p. 254-286. http://hdl.handle.net/2122/3014 doi:10.1130/B25917.1 restricted middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) magnetostratigraphy Contessa Highway section biostratigraphy Eocene Italy 04. Solid Earth::04.05. Geomagnetism::04.05.06. Paleomagnetism article 2007 ftingv https://doi.org/10.1130/B25917.1 2022-07-29T06:04:38Z We report a high-resolution paleomagnetic investigation constrained by new qualitative and semi-quantitative analyses of planktic and benthic foraminifera, nannofossil assemblages, integrated with oxygen and carbon isotope measurements, for the middle Eocene Scaglia limestones of the Contessa Highway section, central Italy. Calcareous plankton assemblages enable recognition of several biostratigraphic events from planktic foraminiferal Zone P11 to the lower part of Zone P15 and from calcareous nannofossil Zone NP15 to the upper part of Zone NP17, which results in refinement of the magnetobiostratigraphy of the Contessa Highway section. Correlation of the paleomagnetic polarity pattern with the geomagnetic polarity timescale provides a direct age interpretation for strata around the middle Eocene Scaglia limestones of the Contessa Highway section, from Chrons C21n (47 Ma) through to Subchron C18n.1n (38.5 Ma). Bulk carbon isotope values indicate a distinct carbon isotopic shift at 40 Ma that is interpreted to represent the first evidence in the northern hemisphere of the middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) that has recently been observed as a stable isotope anomaly in multiple records from the Indian-Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. This demonstrates a global response of the carbon cycle to the proposed transient increased pCO2 levels during the late middle Eocene and a consequent global CO2-driven climate change. Published 413-427 2.2. Laboratorio di paleomagnetismo JCR Journal reserved Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean Earth-Prints (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) Indian Southern Ocean Geological Society of America Bulletin 119 3-4 413 427 |