Evolución térmica de distintas masas de agua a lo largo del estadio isotópico marino 7 basada en el Mg/Ca de la concha de los foraminíferos planctónicos

Mg/Ca measurements have been performed on tests from the planktonic foraminifers Globigerinoides ruber (white) and Globigerina bulloides in samples from ODP site 977A in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean) in order to estimate their calcification temperatures between 250 and 190 ka and therefore...

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Authors: González Mora, Beatriz, Sierro, Francisco Javier
Format: article
Publication Date:2008
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repository:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/8187
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8187
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Mg/Ca paleothermometry
Planktonic foraminifers
Geochemistry
Alboran Sea
Marine Isotope Stage 7
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Summary:Mg/Ca measurements have been performed on tests from the planktonic foraminifers Globigerinoides ruber (white) and Globigerina bulloides in samples from ODP site 977A in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean) in order to estimate their calcification temperatures between 250 and 190 ka and therefore, analyse the evolution of different water masses in the Alboran Sea during that time. The results obtained are similar to the sea surface temperatures estimated by other methods in previous studies carried out in the same core. All substages in marine isotope stage 7 are well defined in the paleotemperature estimates, excepting substage 7.2 which is not recognized in Globigerina bulloides. Warm substages were characterized by strong seasonality and thermal stratification of the water column. By contrast, less pronounced seasonality and basin stratification seem to have prevailed during cold substages