Benthic foraminiferal response to changes in bottom-water oxygenation and organic carbon flux in the eastern Mediterranean during LGM to Recent times

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dc.contributor.authorAbu-Zied, Ramadan H.
dc.contributor.authorRohling, Eelco J.
dc.contributor.authorJorissen, Frans J.
dc.contributor.authorFontanier, Christophe
dc.contributor.authorCasford, James S.L.
dc.contributor.authorCooke, Steve
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-26T20:09:23Z
dc.date.available2013-11-26T20:09:23Z
dc.date.copyright2008-04
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractWe present a high-resolution study of benthic foraminiferal abundances in 4 cores from the central Aegean and NE Levantine Seas, spanning the interval from 30 ka BP to the present. The benthic foraminiferal faunas indicate that during LGM times, bottom waters were well ventilated, while organic flux to the sea floor was significantly higher than today. From 30 to 10.2 ka BP, faunal density and composition suggest a gradual decrease in organic flux to the sea floor. This trend is interrupted by a short return to higher organic flux levels during the Younger Dryas (12.8–11.5 ka BP). The faunas immediately preceding the early to middle Holocene organic-rich layer (sapropel) S1 are very similar to Late Holocene faunas, indicating oligotrophic conditions. The transition from well ventilated bottom waters to anoxic (Levantine Basin) or strongly dysoxic (Aegean Sea) bottom waters appears to take place within a time-span of only 600 years, from ∼ 10.8 to 10.2 ka BP. Sapropel S1 (10.2–6.4 ka BP) is characterized by extended periods of bottom-water anoxia in the Levantine Basin, and by strongly dysoxic conditions punctuated by episodic re-ventilation events in the Aegean Sea. Re-establishment of fully oxygenated bottom-water conditions after sapropel S1 was extremely rapid. The ensuing Late Holocene faunas are very similar to recent faunas found in the Aegean Sea, suggesting much lower fluxes of organic matter to the sea floor than during glacial times.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationAbu-Zied, R. H., Rohling, E. J., Jorissen, F. J., Fontanier, C., Casford, J. S. L., & Cooke, S. (2008). Benthic foraminiferal response to changes in bottom-water oxygenation and organic carbon flux in the eastern Mediterranean during LGM to Recent times. Marine Micropaleontology, 67(1-2), 46-68.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.08.006en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/8238
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherElsevieren_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfMarine Micropaleontologyen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Micropaleontology
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377839807000916en_NZ
dc.subjectbenthic foraminiferaen_NZ
dc.subjectorganic matteren_NZ
dc.subjectsapropelen_NZ
dc.subjectoligotrophicen_NZ
dc.subjectMediterraneanen_NZ
dc.titleBenthic foraminiferal response to changes in bottom-water oxygenation and organic carbon flux in the eastern Mediterranean during LGM to Recent timesen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page46en_NZ
pubs.elements-id32988
pubs.end-page68en_NZ
pubs.issue1-2en_NZ
pubs.volume67en_NZ
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