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Gil, Isabelle M; Keigwin, Lloyd D; Abrantes, Fatima F (2022): OCE326-GGC6, OCE326-GGC5 and KNR31-GPC5 (Bermuda rise) deglacial record: diatom, foraminifer and magnetic susceptibility [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943568

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Abstract:
Diatom assemblages document surface hydrographic changes over the Bermuda Rise. Between 19.2 and 14.5 ka, subtropical diatom species and Chaetoceros resting spores dominate the flora, as in North Atlantic productive regions today. From 16.9 to 14.6 ka, brackish and fresh water diatoms are common and their contribution is generally coupled with total diatom abundance. This same interval also contains rare grains of ice-rafted debris. Coupling between those proxies suggests that successive discharge of icebergs might have stimulated productivity during Heinrich event 1 (H1). Iceberg migration to the subtropics likely created an isolated environment involving turbulent mixing, upwelled water, and nutrient-rich meltwater, supporting diatom productivity in an otherwise oligotrophic setting. In addition, the occurrence of mode water eddies likely brought silica-rich waters of Southern Ocean origin to the euphotic zone. The persistence of lower-salinity surface water beyond the last ice rafting suggests continued injection of fresh water by cold-core rings and advection around the subtropical gyre. These results indicate that opal productivity may have biased estimates of meridional overturning based on 231Pa/230Th ratios in Bermuda Rise sediments during H1.
Keyword(s):
Diatom; Heinrich Event 1; icebergs; subtropical North Atlantic
Supplement to:
Gil, Isabelle M; Keigwin, Lloyd D; Abrantes, Fatima F (2009): Deglacial diatom productivity and surface ocean properties over the Bermuda Rise, northeast Sargasso Sea. Paleoceanography, 24(4), https://doi.org/10.1029/2008PA001729
Funding:
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), grant/award no. BPD/27214/2006: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia-FCT grant
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 33.692786 * Median Longitude: -57.583657 * South-bound Latitude: 33.686700 * West-bound Longitude: -57.615000 * North-bound Latitude: 33.700000 * East-bound Longitude: -57.576000
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Datasets listed in this bundled publication

  1. Gil, IM; Keigwin, LD; Abrantes, FF (2022): Foraminiferal assemblage of sediment core KNR31GPC5. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943548
  2. Gil, IM; Keigwin, LD; Abrantes, FF (2022): Ice rafted debris (IRD) presence of sediment core OCE326-GGC5. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943527
  3. Gil, IM; Keigwin, LD; Abrantes, FF (2022): Magnetic susceptibility of sediment core OCE326-GGC5. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943551
  4. Gil, IM; Keigwin, LD; Abrantes, FF (2022): Diatom abundance of sediment core OCE326-GGC6. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943519
  5. Gil, IM; Keigwin, LD; Abrantes, FF (2022): Diatom groups of sediment core OCE326-GGC6. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943553
  6. Gil, IM; Keigwin, LD; Abrantes, FF (2022): Ice rafted debris (IRD) presence of sediment core OCE326-GGC6. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943530
  7. Gil, IM; Keigwin, LD; Abrantes, FF (2022): Magnetic susceptibility of sediment core OCE326-GGC6. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943552