Planktonic foraminifera and stable isotopic record of sediments from the east Sea of Korea

Foraminiferal assemblage and stable isotopic data are presented for three Quaternary piston cores from Ulleung Basin, East Sea of Korea ((ESK) Japan Sea) near the Korean Peninsula. Major changes in both temperature and salinity strongly affected surface and deep waters of the ESK during the transiti...

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Main Authors: Kim, Jung-Moo, Kennett, James P, Park, Byong-Kwon, Kim, Dae-Choul, Kim, Gil Young, Roark, E Brendan
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2000
Subjects:
Pacific
Planktonic foraminifera
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.855339
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.855339
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Summary:Foraminiferal assemblage and stable isotopic data are presented for three Quaternary piston cores from Ulleung Basin, East Sea of Korea ((ESK) Japan Sea) near the Korean Peninsula. Major changes in both temperature and salinity strongly affected surface and deep waters of the ESK during the transition from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the middle Holocene. Local environmental effects dominated during the LGM and the Bølling/Allerød (B/A) when the ESK became semi-isolated from the Pacific Ocean. Regional/global influences dominated following the B/A, after sufficient reconnection with the Pacific. This is reflected in the foraminiferal d18O record which was largely salinity-controlled before the Younger Dryas (YD) and temperature-controlled after the YD. Paleoceanographic changes in the ESK during the last deglaciation reflect sequential reconnection with the Pacific Ocean, through gateways, first (B/A) in the north (Tsugaru Strait) and later (Holocene) in the south (Korea Strait).

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