Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene climate variability: A new integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record from the equatorial Indian Ocean
A new record of calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy from the Middle Eocene to the Late Oligocene allows the establishment of a precise biochronology and information about climatic variability in the equatorial Indian Ocean. The dataset compares Site 709 with results obtain...
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ftunivmodena:oai:iris.unimore.it:11380/1204286 2024-01-28T09:58:57+01:00 Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene climate variability: A new integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record from the equatorial Indian Ocean Chiara Fioroni Giuliana Villa Fabio Florindo Davide Persico Luigi Jovane Ana P. Martini de Souza Pontus C. Lurcock Fioroni, Chiara Villa, Giuliana Florindo, Fabio Persico, Davide Jovane, Luigi Martini de Souza, Ana P. Lurcock, Pontus C. 2019 http://hdl.handle.net/11380/1204286 eng eng ispartofbook:Journal of Nannoplankton Research, special abstracts volume 17th International Nannoplankton Association Meeting http://hdl.handle.net/11380/1204286 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2019 ftunivmodena 2024-01-02T23:22:13Z A new record of calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy from the Middle Eocene to the Late Oligocene allows the establishment of a precise biochronology and information about climatic variability in the equatorial Indian Ocean. The dataset compares Site 709 with results obtained from Site 711 (Fioroni et al., 2015). This palaeoecological investigation, based on grouping taxa with similar responses to environmental conditions using statistical analysis, fi rst shows a response of the nannofossil assemblages to the Middle Eocene climatic optimum with a short-lived increase in the abundance of warm-water taxa. This is followed by a long cooling trend that leads to the greenhouse-icehouse change across the Eocene–Oligocene transition (EOT). Most notably, we documented a complete reorganisation in the nannofossil assemblages, shown by abundance variations in ecologically-signifi cant species that preceded the onset of the EOT. This prominent change in the phytoplankton community is interpreted as a response to increasing nutrients in the surface waters. The strengthened nutrient supply could be the result of a lowering sea level, which in turn could be linked to ice-sheet expansion in East Antarctica and equatorial upwelling of the Subantarctic Mode Water. The response of the phytoplankton community to the Late Oligocene warming event was also recognised. A comparison with recent data (Dunkley Jones et al., 2008; Fioroni et al., 2015; Jones et al., 2019) makes possible the reconstruction of a basin-scale palaeoceanography of the low-latitude Indian Ocean. Conference Object Antarc* Antarctica East Antarctica Ice Sheet Archivio della ricerca dell'Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Unimore: IRIS) East Antarctica Indian |
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A new record of calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy from the Middle Eocene to the Late Oligocene allows the establishment of a precise biochronology and information about climatic variability in the equatorial Indian Ocean. The dataset compares Site 709 with results obtained from Site 711 (Fioroni et al., 2015). This palaeoecological investigation, based on grouping taxa with similar responses to environmental conditions using statistical analysis, fi rst shows a response of the nannofossil assemblages to the Middle Eocene climatic optimum with a short-lived increase in the abundance of warm-water taxa. This is followed by a long cooling trend that leads to the greenhouse-icehouse change across the Eocene–Oligocene transition (EOT). Most notably, we documented a complete reorganisation in the nannofossil assemblages, shown by abundance variations in ecologically-signifi cant species that preceded the onset of the EOT. This prominent change in the phytoplankton community is interpreted as a response to increasing nutrients in the surface waters. The strengthened nutrient supply could be the result of a lowering sea level, which in turn could be linked to ice-sheet expansion in East Antarctica and equatorial upwelling of the Subantarctic Mode Water. The response of the phytoplankton community to the Late Oligocene warming event was also recognised. A comparison with recent data (Dunkley Jones et al., 2008; Fioroni et al., 2015; Jones et al., 2019) makes possible the reconstruction of a basin-scale palaeoceanography of the low-latitude Indian Ocean. |
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Fioroni, Chiara Villa, Giuliana Florindo, Fabio Persico, Davide Jovane, Luigi Martini de Souza, Ana P. Lurcock, Pontus C. |
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Chiara Fioroni Giuliana Villa Fabio Florindo Davide Persico Luigi Jovane Ana P. Martini de Souza Pontus C. Lurcock |
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Chiara Fioroni Giuliana Villa Fabio Florindo Davide Persico Luigi Jovane Ana P. Martini de Souza Pontus C. Lurcock Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene climate variability: A new integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record from the equatorial Indian Ocean |
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Chiara Fioroni Giuliana Villa Fabio Florindo Davide Persico Luigi Jovane Ana P. Martini de Souza Pontus C. Lurcock |
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Chiara Fioroni |
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Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene climate variability: A new integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record from the equatorial Indian Ocean |
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Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene climate variability: A new integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record from the equatorial Indian Ocean |
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Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene climate variability: A new integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record from the equatorial Indian Ocean |
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Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene climate variability: A new integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record from the equatorial Indian Ocean |
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Middle Eocene to Late Oligocene climate variability: A new integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record from the equatorial Indian Ocean |
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middle eocene to late oligocene climate variability: a new integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record from the equatorial indian ocean |
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