SSP2.2 | Paleoceanography and paleoclimate throughout Earth History
EDI
Paleoceanography and paleoclimate throughout Earth History
Co-organized by CL1/OS1
Convener: Gregory Price | Co-conveners: Madeleine Vickers, Jack Longman, Laura Rasmussen
Orals
| Wed, 26 Apr, 14:00–17:35 (CEST)
 
Room G1
Posters on site
| Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
Hall X3
Posters virtual
| Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST)
 
vHall SSP/GM
Orals |
Wed, 14:00
Fri, 10:45
Fri, 10:45
This session aims to showcase an exciting diversity of state-of-the-art advances in all aspects of paleoceanography and paleoclimatology. We invite studies ranging across organic and inorganic geochemistry, sedimentology, and paleontology from marine and terrestrial environments, as well as multidisciplinary and modeling studies reaching into the future. We invite contributions that provide insight into the evolution of the Earth on short and long timescales, including how studies of paleoclimate and drivers can inform our current climatic changes and the implications for future Earth.

Orals: Wed, 26 Apr | Room G1

Chairpersons: Gregory Price, Jack Longman
14:00–14:05
Mesozoic and older
14:05–14:15
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EGU23-5965
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ECS
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On-site presentation
Qing Ma, Yaoqi Zhou, and Aubrey Zerkle

The ~1800–800 Ma period is known as the 'Boring Billion (BB)' because of the relative stasis of the carbon isotope record during this time. However, geochemical data from the Paleo-Mesoproterozoic strata deposited in different areas indicate heterogeneity and complexity of the oxygen contents in the oceans, which hampers paleoenvironmental reconstructions from this period. In addition, very little research has been carried out on the Palaeoproterozoic strata of the North China Craton (NCC). In this study, we report analyses of U-Pb isotopes, elemental abundances, Fe speciation, and molecular markers from the Huangqikou formation in the northwestern part of the Ordos Basin (OB), NCC. The Huangqikou formation was deposited in the rift valley at about 1736 Ma. Our new data, combined with previous analyses, suggest that the warm and humid depositional environment of the Huangqikou formation in the Helanshan area evolved from a marine foreshore setting to a marine backshore setting, with increasing degree of seawater hypoxia. But a relatively oxygenated environment corresponded to the lower part. On the other hand, the Huangqikou formation in the Zhuozishan area evolved from a terrestrial deltaic environment to a marine foreshore environment, with cumulatively reducing conditions. This study points out that the late Paleoproterozoic strata deposited in the western part of the NCC might mainly formed in reduced seawater. But some degree of oxidation had occurred in the surface water during this period, which proves the oxygenation of the surface environment during the early period of Earth evolution.

How to cite: Ma, Q., Zhou, Y., and Zerkle, A.: Sea water chemistry in the late Paleoproterozoic: Insight from the Huangqikou formation, western part of the North China Craton, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-5965, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5965, 2023.

14:15–14:25
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EGU23-12950
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On-site presentation
Jack Salisbury, Darren Gröcke, H.D.R. Ashleigh Cheung, Lee Kump, Tom McKie, and Alastair Ruffell

The Permian–Triassic time interval is associated with major perturbations in the biogeochemical cycling of several redox-sensitive elements. In particular, sulphur isotope ratios (δ34S) reveal substantial perturbations in sedimentary sulphates. Despite this, few studies utilise this δ34S variability for long-term high-resolution correlation. Through the sulphur isotope analysis of sedimentary evaporites of the Staithes S-20 borehole (northeast England), we have generated the most stratigraphically complete evaporite sulphur isotope (δ34Sevap) curve from a single stratigraphic section for the late Permian to Late Triassic. The Staithes S-20 record and its comparison with the global δ34Sevap curve demonstrate the utility of sulphur isotope data for stratigraphic correlation and dating, especially evaporite bearing sequences. The δ34Sevap data for the late Permian to Late Triassic were incorporated into a biogeochemical box model to yield estimates for the pyrite burial flux with time. We propose three significant pyrite burial events (i.e. PBEs) throughout the Triassic. Our model outputs predict a major increase in pyrite burial over the Permian/Triassic boundary, possibly driven by Siberian Traps volcanism. After ~10 million years, the pyrite burial flux achieves relative stability until the latest Triassic.  

How to cite: Salisbury, J., Gröcke, D., Cheung, H. D. R. A., Kump, L., McKie, T., and Ruffell, A.: Sulphur isotopes in Permian–Triassic evaporites: an 80‐million‐year record of pyrite burial, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-12950, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12950, 2023.

14:25–14:35
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EGU23-14596
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ECS
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On-site presentation
Alicia Fantasia, Thierry Adatte, Jorge E. Spangenberg, Emanuela Mattioli, Marcel Regelous, Christian Salazar, Romain Millot, Stéphane Bodin, Thomas Letulle, Mikhail Rogov, and Guillaume Suan

Extreme and rapid climatic and environmental perturbations have punctuated Earth history. The causes and consequences of these past global-change events are relatively well constrained, but how the system can naturally recover through feedbacks remain largely unconstrained. The Toarcian in the Early Jurassic is an ideal time interval to understand the response of Earth system to rapid climate change. Indeed, it was marked by one of the most extreme hyperthermal events of the Phanerozoic accompanied by major environmental changes, named the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE, ca. 183 Ma). Most studies have focused on the triggering mechanisms and the palaeoenvironmental response, whereas the recovery phase has been less studied. Increased chemical weathering of silicate rocks and burial of organic carbon are the two primary natural mechanisms generally proposed as negative feedbacks controlling the recovery. However, to date, the response of these feedbacks, their efficiency, and their timing are still uncertain, hampering an accurate view of the carbon cycle-climate dynamics. This study aims to tackle this lack of empirical data by providing a multi-proxy dataset combining sedimentological observations, mineralogical and geochemical analyses. Four worldwide distributed sites have been selected for this study: Fontaneilles in France (Grand Causses Basin), Vilyui in Siberia (Siberian Basin), Agua de la Falda in Chile (Andean Basin), and Ait Athmane in Morocco (High Atlas Basin). Our high-resolution carbon isotope records allow us to correlate the studied sites to trace the global carbon cycle dynamics in the aftermath of the Toarcian event. Lithium isotope ratios are used to trace global weathering rates and to understand processes that control the long-term carbon cycle. Our results indicate that higher silicate weathering rates during the Toarcian hyperthermal likely helped the climate system recover and return to cooler climatic conditions. High mercury and tellurium concentrations recorded after the T-OAE interval suggest that protracted Karoo-Ferrar volcanic activity may have played a role in the recovery.

How to cite: Fantasia, A., Adatte, T., Spangenberg, J. E., Mattioli, E., Regelous, M., Salazar, C., Millot, R., Bodin, S., Letulle, T., Rogov, M., and Suan, G.: Multiproxy constraints on recovery processes during the hyperthermal Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-14596, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14596, 2023.

14:35–14:45
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EGU23-17389
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On-site presentation
Lauren O'Connor, Rhodri Jerrett, Gregory Price, Bart van Dongen, Emily Crampton-Flood, and Sabine Lengger

The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary experienced major environmental perturbations due to volcanism and bolide impact, as well as the most famous mass extinction in geologic history. However, the response of the climate system to these drivers at different timescales, and thus their relationship to the mass extinction is highly debated. In particular, the role of climate change in biodiversity patterns immediately preceding the boundary is poorly understood. 


Lipids from fossil peats (coals) provide an opportunity to reconstruct terrestrial temperatures across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary at a millennial-scale resolution. Here we present mean annual air temperature records spanning ~70 ka over the K-Pg boundary, from sites across North America (palaeolatitudes 45–55 degrees N). Our data show that temperatures ranged from 16–29 degrees C, more than 10 degrees C higher modern temperatures at equivalent latitudes in North America.


Using 5-ka temporal bins, our data show that MAATs peaked at ~26 degrees C in the last millennia of the Cretaceous, following 35 ka of warming from ~23 degrees C. Peak warmth was followed by ~5 degrees C cooling over the following 30 ka. We observe no “impact winter” nor a spike in temperature immediately following the boundary. If such phenomena occurred, their duration was below the resolution of our record: ~1 ka. Our record also shows a previously unrecognised brief interval of cooling from 10 to 5 ka pre-boundary.


Our study places new bounds on millennial-scale trends in MAAT change in the terrestrial realm and demonstrates large and rapid temperature swings across the K-Pg interval. These data allow for improved understanding of the role of climate in the decline of Cretaceous flora and fauna and may help elucidate the relative influence of volcanism and bolide impact on terrestrial temperatures.

How to cite: O'Connor, L., Jerrett, R., Price, G., van Dongen, B., Crampton-Flood, E., and Lengger, S.: A millennial-scale record of mean annual air temperatures spanning 70 ka over the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-17389, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-17389, 2023.

14:45–14:55
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EGU23-10010
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ECS
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On-site presentation
Kelsey Doiron, Simon Brassell, Peter Bijl, Thomas Wager, Jens Herrle, Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben, Steven Bohaty, and Laurel Childress and the Expedition 392 Science Party

Preliminary examination of the biomarker composition of Paleocene to Campanian (~63-74 Ma) organic-rich sediments recovered from the Transkei Basin (Hole U1581B; 35° 41’S, 29° 39’E), offshore South Africa, during IODP Expedition 392 reveals suites of alkenones and alkyl alkenoates derived from haptophyte algae. This discovery augments evidence for the temporal continuity of their occurrence since the early Aptian and expands their paleogeographic range to high southern latitudes (~60°S) during the Cretaceous and Paleocene. In addition, the similarity of alkenone distributions between Maastrichtian and Danian samples suggests a conformity in the biosynthetic pathways for their production across the K/Pg boundary likely attesting to the survival of their source haptophytes and recovery after the extinction event. Alkenone distributions in the Transkei Basin sediments are dominated by series of C37 to C40 diunsaturated components and remain broadly consistent throughout the Cretaceous to Paleocene stratigraphic  succession. The presence of both the C38 alkadien-2-one and C39 alkadien-3-one represents the earliest recognition of these compounds thereby extending the advent for biosynthesis of both methyl and ethyl alkenones to the Campanian (~74 Ma). These sediments also contain C37 methyl and both C38 and C40 ethyl alkadienoates. No C37, C38 or C39 triunsaturated alkenones were detected in the Paleocene through Campanian succession but minor amounts of a C40 alkatrien-3-one were confirmed in Cretaceous samples based on its elution time and diagnostic mass spectrum. This finding raises the question why only the C40 triunsaturated component is observed, coupled with pervasive evidence that C37 to C39 triunsaturated alkenones emerge after the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO). Among extant haptophytes, C40 alkenones occur in species within phylogenic Group II, notably Isochrysis, but are absent in extant marine species comprising phylogenic Group III. These observed distributions of alkenones in the marine realm can be best explained as evidence for contributions from both Isochrysidaceae and Noelaerhabdaceae following their divergence in the early Cretaceous.  

How to cite: Doiron, K., Brassell, S., Bijl, P., Wager, T., Herrle, J., Uenzelmann-Neben, G., Bohaty, S., and Childress, L. and the Expedition 392 Science Party: Alkenones confirmed in sediments from high southern latitudes during the Cretaceous and Paleocene: results from the Transkei Basin (IODP Site U1581), EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-10010, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-10010, 2023.

14:55–15:00
15:00–15:10
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EGU23-551
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ECS
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Virtual presentation
Ekaterina Chizhova, Ekaterina A. Lygina, Natalia V. Pravikova, Tatiana Yu. Tveritinova, and Elizaveta A. Krasnova

The nature of Cretaceous-Eocene boundary is one of the outstanding questions of Crimea Geology. The new data are presented to show that the Cretaceous-Eocene boundary can be established in the Central Crimea very accurately by using the method of quantitative genetic analyses including the Isotope Geochemistry. Integrated lithostratigraphic investigations and Isotope composition of Carbon/Oxygen were conducted on the Cretaceous -Eocene section of the western slope of Ak-Kaya mount (Belogorsk, Crimea). Four layers of different types of rocks were investigated, where the layer 1 and 2 belong to the Maastrichtian, 3 and 4 to the Eocene.

The top of the Maastrichtian layer is characterized by a differently oriented fracture system, including large paleoseismic dislocations or a seismogenic trench. The fracture networks are connected and filled with material similar to the Eocene basal horizon including fragments of various sizes of Maastrichtian rocks.

Five microfacial types of the collected rock samples were distinguished as a result of microscopic examination. Also X-ray phase analysis, δ13С and δ18О isotopic analysis and X-ray fluorescence analysis were made to specify and compare the mineral composition of Maastrichtian and Eocene rocks. These analyzes allowed to specify paleogeographic conditions. In addition, measurements of fractures in the Cretaceous–Eocene boundary deposits were made to determine the stages of deformation of the whole structure.

As a result of the research, it was obtained:

1) throughout the entire studied geological interval, sedimentation occurred in a shallow sea of normal salinity. However, conditions were probably more humid in the Eocene, based on lower salinity values.

2) Three major stages of deformation were identified: pre-Eocene, Eocene, and post-Eocene.

3) The average temperature of the formation of Maastrichtian rocks is 19-22°C, and Eocene rocks is 24-27°C. The increase in temperature up to 38°C during the formation of the Eocene basal horizon may be associated with the global climatic event EECO (Early Eocene Climate Optimum). The synchronicity of the formation of steep submeridional fractures and the basal horizon of the Eocene has been proved. It is shown that the Eocene deformation stage corresponds to the formation of paleoseismic dislocations during the main phase of tectonic activity in the Pontids (Eastern Turkey).

How to cite: Chizhova, E., Lygina, E. A., Pravikova, N. V., Tveritinova, T. Yu., and Krasnova, E. A.: Eocene seismicity and paleogeography of the Central Crimea, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-551, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-551, 2023.

15:10–15:20
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EGU23-2714
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On-site presentation
Joost Frieling, Tamsin Mather, Morgan Jones, Isabel Fendley, Weimu Xu, Christian Berndt, Sverre Planke, and Carlos Alvarez Zarikian and the IODP Expedition 396 scientists

The North Atlantic Igneous Province (NAIP), a large igneous province (LIP), was emplaced between ~62 and 50 million years ago (Ma), with a voluminous burst of volcanic activity centred around 56-54 Ma. Global paleoclimate reconstructions from this Paleocene and Early Eocene interval indicate progressively warmer conditions, with several superimposed warming events or ‘hyperthermals’, such as the PaleoceneEocene Thermal Maximum (PETM; 56 Ma). These hyperthermals represent transient massive perturbations to the carbon cycle, marked by substantial global warming, ocean acidification and negative stable carbon isotope excursions. International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 396 to the Mid-Norwegian continental margin recovered a suite of PaleoceneEocene sedimentary and igneous materials. This notably includes a unique and extremely expanded succession comprising of up to ~80m of PETM (ash-rich) sediments and volcanic ash layers infilling a hydrothermal vent crater. The craters on the Mid-Norwegian margin and similar structures associated with other LIPs were previously identified as surface expressions of a potent carbon release mechanism: the venting of thermogenic carbon generated in the thermal aureoles around volcanic dikes and sills intruded into the underlying sedimentary basins.

In recent years, much progress has been made towards understanding the role of deep earth processes and particularly LIP volcanism on paleoclimate through the application and refinement of proxies as sedimentary mercury (Hg) content. Large scale and especially LIP volcanism are considered important Hg emitters that may result in increased sedimentary Hg content. Here, we present high-resolution bulk sedimentary Hg content data from the sedimentary strata within the hydrothermal crater, spanning the PETM. We use our new data with biostratigraphic, stable carbon isotope, and lithological constraints, to shed light on the timing of hydrothermal crater formation, duration and re-activation of hydrothermal activity within the crater after formation. Finally, these new findings are placed in a global Hg and carbon cycle framework to assess the timing, characteristics, and impact of NAIP activity during the PETM.

How to cite: Frieling, J., Mather, T., Jones, M., Fendley, I., Xu, W., Berndt, C., Planke, S., and Alvarez Zarikian, C. and the IODP Expedition 396 scientists: Exploring links between the North Atlantic Igneous Province and Paleocene–Eocene climate change using sedimentary mercury, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-2714, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2714, 2023.

15:20–15:30
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EGU23-8719
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ECS
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On-site presentation
Nicolas Pige, Guillaume Suan, Pierre Henri Blard, and Emanuela Mattioli

Numerous hyperthermal events have been documented through the Paleocene-Eocene transition. The best known hyperthermal event is the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM; around 56Ma), a period that led to surface and bottom water warming of about 5°C within a few millennia at tropical latitudes. It is therefore considered as one of the best analogues of current global warming. The PETM is also characterized by an abrupt 3-4 per mil negative δ13C excursion in deep marine core sediments and by a thin clay-rich layer associated with the PETM onset, most often interpreted as carbonate dissolution due to the shoaling of the CCD. The duration represented by these clays and carbonates is of peculiar interest to constrain the exported carbonate production dynamics of surface ocean and its dissolution throughout the water column. This is key to produce realistic carbon budgets across hyperthermal events.

To this end, we generated a new 4 Ma (57.5-53.5) record of extraterrestrial 3He-derived sedimentation rates from pelagic sediments recording at least 10 hyperthermal events at ODP Site 1209 (North Pacific). Our main results indicate that carbonate sedimentation dropped drastically during the PETM onset (minimum of 0.02 cm/ka) and recovered rapidly during the recovery phase of the event (around 0.7 cm/ka). Surprisingly, the sedimentation rate is low (0.3 cm/ka) after the recovery until the Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM2; around 54Ma). After this major event, the sedimentation rate increased abruptly (0.7 cm/ka) over the last 500 ka of the studied interval due to the overabundance of Zygrhablithus bijugatus a large rod-shaped nannofossil whose ecology is poorly understood yet.

Comparisons between the new record of extraterrestrial 3He-derived sedimentation rate and dissolution proxies from this and previous studies lead us to challenge the widely accepted model previously proposed for hyperthermal events, which assumes that the CaCO3 accumulation is mainly controlled by dissolution.

How to cite: Pige, N., Suan, G., Blard, P. H., and Mattioli, E.: Extraterrestrial 3He-based reconstruction of sedimentation rates across the Paleocene-Eocene transition at ODP Site 1209 (North Pacific), EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-8719, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8719, 2023.

15:30–15:40
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EGU23-14043
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On-site presentation
Urszula Hara

The distribution of the bryozoans in the shallow-marine-estuarine sediments of the late Early–Late Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island shows a sharp decline in bryozoan biodiversity between the lower, basal transgressive facies of Telm1 and upper part of the formation (Telm6-7) at the end of Eocene (Hara 2001). In the lowermost part of LMF (Telm1) the cheilostome bryozoans, preserved as internal moulds systematically belonging to buguloids and catenicelloideans, at the present day are widely distributed in the tropical-warm temperate latitudes and deposited in the shallow-water settings (Hara 2015). Within a 2 meters thick interval of the basal transgressive facies of Telm1 unit, the most common are multilamellar colonies, showing a great variety of shapes dominated by celleporiforms and cerioporids.

The middle part of (LMF, Telm4-5) reveal a presence of the microporoideans and disc-shaped lunulitiform - warm-loving, free-living bryozoans. Environmentally, Recent, lunulitids are known to occur in warm, shallow-shelf conditions, at temperatures of 10-29˚C, on coarse, sandy to muddy bottom, what suggest the shallow-water setting for the middle part of the LMF.

10 million years older, the Cape Melville Formation on King George Island dated as Early Miocene is dominated by the infaunal bivalves, which provide a unique fossil record in the Antarctic Peninsula region during the latest Oligocene to earliest Miocene interglacial to glacial transition. Only one bryozoan was described identified as Aspidostoma melvillensis (Hara and Crame, 2004).

The shallow-marine, pectinid-rich biofacies of the Pecten Conglomerate of CIF, Cockburn Island, taxonomically shows the mosaic pattern in occurrence of bryozoan taxa, which are known from the Middle and Late Cretaceous, another originated in the Paleogene, as well as those which are solely common in the Neogene. Exclusively encrusting colony growth-form of the Pliocene biota suggests sedimentation in the shallow-water environment and indicates an interglacial palaeoenvironment of the CIF Formation (Hara & Crame, in revision).

The cold-water geographical distribution of the Recent bryozoans with dominant Neocheilostomatina of Buguloidea and the ascophoran lepraliomorphs of Smittinoidea and Schizoporelloidea, shows a dynamic history of this highly endemic fauna, which evolved over long period of time.

Hara, U. 2001. Bryozoa from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontologia Polonica, In: Palaeontological Results of the Polish Antarctic Expeditions, Part III, 60, 33-156.

Hara U., 2015. Bryozoan internal moulds from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene) of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Polish Polar Research, 36: 25-49.

  • Hara and J. A. Crame 2004. A new aspidostomatid bryozoan from the Cape Melville Formation (lower Miocene) of King George Island, West Antarctica. Antarctic Sciences, 16, 319-327.

 

 

How to cite: Hara, U.: Cenozoic bryozoan biota: their palaeoecology and climatic environmental significance  in Antarctic ecosystems , EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-14043, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14043, 2023.

Coffee break
Chairpersons: Madeleine Vickers, Laura Rasmussen
16:15–16:35
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EGU23-8831
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solicited
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On-site presentation
Kasia K. Sliwinska, David K. Hutchinson, Devika Varma, Tirza Weitkamp, Emma Sheldon, Diederik Liebrand, Helen K. Coxall, Agatha M. de Boer, and Stefan Schouten

When a permanent ice cap developed on Antarctica during the Eocene–Oligocene transition (EOT; ~34.44 to 33.65 million years ago (Ma)), Earth witnessed a transition from a greenhouse towards a glacially driven climate. Evidence of high-latitude cooling and increased latitudinal temperature gradients across the EOT has been found in both marine and terrestrial environments. However, the timing and magnitude of temperature change in the North Atlantic remains poorly constrained.

Here, we used two independent organic geochemical palaeothermometers derived from (i) alkenones and (ii) Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraether (GDGT) lipids, to reconstruct sea surface temperature (SST) evolution across the EOT from the southern Labrador Sea (Sites: ODP 647 and DSDP 112). In the Labrador Sea alkenones do not appear until the earliest Oligocene (both sites) while GDGT lipids (analysed in Site 647 only) provides a well-constrained temperature record across the EOT.  

Our SST records provide the most detailed record for the northern North Atlantic through the 1 Myr leading up to the EOT onset, and reveals a distinctive cooling step of ~3 ºC (from 27 to 24 ºC), between 34.9 and 34.3 Ma, ~500 kyr prior to Antarctic glaciation. This cooling step, when compared visually to other SST records, is asynchronous across North and South Atlantic sites. This illustrates a considerable spatiotemporal variability in SST evolution in the northern sector of the North Atlantic and the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Overall, the cooling step fits within a phase of general SST cooling recorded across sites in the North Atlantic in the 5 Myr interval bracketing the EOT.

We used a modelling study (GFDL CM2.1) to try and reconcile the observation of pre-EOT cooling with the hypothesis that Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) switched on or intensified on the lead up to the EOT, which would be expected to have warmed the North Atlantic region. Results suggest that a reduction in atmospheric CO2 from 800 to 400 ppm may be sufficient to counter warming from an AMOC start-up. In the model, the AMOC start-up is initiated during closure of the Arctic–Atlantic gateway.

While the model simulations applied here are not yet in full equilibrium, and the experiments are idealized, the results, together with the proxy data, highlight the heterogeneity of basin-scale surface ocean responses to the EOT thermohaline changes, with sharp temperature contrasts expected across the northern North Atlantic as positions of the subtropical and subpolar gyre systems shift in response to climatic and oceanic adjustments.

How to cite: Sliwinska, K. K., Hutchinson, D. K., Varma, D., Weitkamp, T., Sheldon, E., Liebrand, D., Coxall, H. K., de Boer, A. M., and Schouten, S.: Sea surface temperature evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-8831, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8831, 2023.

16:35–16:45
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EGU23-129
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ECS
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On-site presentation
Shailendra Pratap, Yannis Markonis, and Johanna R. Blöcher

Long-term and abrupt changes in precipitation (P) patterns remain ambiguous in a warmer climate. Modern studies project that a warmer climate will cause intensification of the hydrological cycle. However, paleoclimate evidence from the warm period, i.e., the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA; 800-1400 AD), contradicts this because, during MCA, some regions were humid (wet), while others had arid (dry) climates. Here, we investigated the P response to variations in the temperature (T) and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) variation throughout the Northern Hemisphere (NH) using 75 for P, 17 for the AMOC, and 48 records for T from NOAA and PAGES paleoclimate databases.

Our results show a continuous weakening trend in AMOC from the 9th to 13th centuries. The weakened AMOC has probably altered the atmospheric heat and water vapor distribution, and consequently the hydroclimate around the NH. The hydroclimate over the eastern North America and the Western Europe looks more vulnerable to weak AMOC as it shifted from warm-humid to cold-arid climates. Weak AMOC induces motion in Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) southwards. Our results show signals of an ITCZ shift over equatorial Africa and southern Asia with the warm and humid response. Although warm (cold) climates are not always associated with increased (decreased) P, they may also lead to arid (humid) climates. Overall, we found that when T is higher than their average, the hydrological conditions are arid, but when T is similar or close to the average level, the conditions are humid. However, these hydroclimate responses may vary according to the regionally available water resources. Therefore, an improved understanding of long-term T variability and AMOC trend changes, specifically during warmer periods, could provide relevant insights into the present and future climates.

How to cite: Pratap, S., Markonis, Y., and R. Blöcher, J.: Understanding Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and linked variations in precipitation and temperature distribution during the warmer climate, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-129, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-129, 2023.

16:45–16:55
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EGU23-5657
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ECS
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On-site presentation
Tommaso Paoloni, Babette Hoogakker, Helen Grant, Patrick Keenan, and Helliot Hamilton

It has been hypothesized that lower atmospheric CO2 concentrations and lower temperatures during glacial times caused the enrichment of carbon isotopes of particulate organic material (δ13Corg-POM) produced in the surface ocean. Some downcore measurements of organic carbon isotopes of bulk sediments show such a trend, however, others do not. The lack of a coherent picture could be due to issues relating to the bulk sediments, including diagenetic alteration, the nature of the organic material, input of allochthonous material, and sediment redistribution.

Recent work by Hoogakker et al. (2022) shows that planktonic foraminifera-bound organic carbon δ13C values (δ13CFBOM) are remarkably similar to those of δ13Corg-POM. Here we present the first down-core organic carbon isotope record of planktonic foraminifera-bound organic carbon (δ13CFBOM) from the Southern Ocean (ODP Site 1088), to test for a glacial enrichment in δ13Corg-POM. The samples (Globigerina bulloides, Globorotalia truncatulinoides, and G. inflata) cover the last 20,000 years.

Our δ13CFBOM results show a slight positive trend toward the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), in accordance with the hypothesized δ13Corg-POM trend, but not to the extent as shown in some bulk sediments from more tropical latitudes. We discuss our results in the context of predicted past δ13Corg-POM using ice core atmospheric pCO2 concentrations, G. bulloides calcification DIC (from inorganic carbon isotopes), and temperature (using Mg/Ca). 

How to cite: Paoloni, T., Hoogakker, B., Grant, H., Keenan, P., and Hamilton, H.: Planktonic Foraminiferal δ13Corg as a novel proxy for Carbon Cycling, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-5657, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5657, 2023.

16:55–17:00
17:00–17:05
17:05–17:35
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EGU23-17352
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Katharina Pahnke, Torben Struve, Mika Sutorius, Henning Waltemathe, and Martin Zander

Neodymium (Nd) isotopes have been applied for decades now to trace ocean circulation both in the present and past oceans. Their tracer utility stems from the characteristic Nd isotope signature of different rocks and their imprint on seawater as well as the biological inactivity of Nd and its appropriate residence time in the ocean, allowing for the determination of water mass provenance and flow paths. However, the application of this tracer, especially for the reconstruction of past ocean circulation changes, has been challenged based on uncertainties e. g. in the magnitude of the benthic flux of Nd to deep waters, Nd isotope exchange and input at ocean margins, and diagenetic alterations of the original bottom water Nd isotope signature in sediments.

Based on recent studies of dissolved Nd isotope distributions in surface to deep waters we show the power of Nd isotopes for tracing the provenance of currents and water masses particularly within restricted geographic regions. Using additional trace metal and isotope data from marine sediments analyzed alongside authigenic Nd isotopes, we explore the validity and limits of Nd isotopes as tracer of past ocean circulation changes.

How to cite: Pahnke, K., Struve, T., Sutorius, M., Waltemathe, H., and Zander, M.: Tracing ocean circulation using neodymium isotopes – promises and limitations, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-17352, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-17352, 2023.

Posters on site: Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 | Hall X3

Chairpersons: Gregory Price, Madeleine Vickers
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EGU23-13034
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Sabine Wimmer, Daniel P. Le Heron, Marie E. Busfield, and Albertus J.B. Smith

Snowball Earth events, or at least intense glaciations, belong to one of the most important types of events in Earth’s Deep Time climate record. The Siderian (2.45–2.22 Ga) contained several such events, during which a diamictite-dominated succession named the Makganyene Formation was deposited in the Griqualand West Basin, South Africa. By comparison to their younger cousins in the Cryogenian, Siderian diamictites have been subject to comparatively less sedimentological investigation, although they have much potential in terms of reconstructing aspects of paleoclimate and former ice-sheet behaviour. In this study, multiscale and interdisciplinary analyses of both field and core data provide new insights into the sedimentology and deposition of the Makganyene and thereby aspects of its associated glaciation in the Siderian. Outcrop and core descriptions were supplemented by polarised light microscopic and scanning electron microscopic analyses, including element distribution maps for Al, Ca, Fe, Mg, Si and Ti. We propose that the deposits are the record of grounding zone wedge (GZW) deposition at the ice margin, with a contribution of iceberg-rain out, subglacial deposition and localised mass flow deposition playing a role. We show how interdisciplinary perspectives enrich the overall picture and allow a more accurate interpretation of the Makganyene Formation as a glacigenic sediment. 

How to cite: Wimmer, S., Le Heron, D. P., Busfield, M. E., and Smith, A. J. B.: A Siderian Snowball Earth? Multiscale and interdisciplinary Analyses of the Makganyene Formation, South Africa, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-13034, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-13034, 2023.

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EGU23-7830
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Francesca Warren, Darren R. Gröcke, Martin Smith, and Matthias Sinnesael

Carbon isotope fluctuations have been determined globally within the late Cambrian with particular focus on the Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion (SPICE) and the negative Hellnmaria-Red Tops Boundary/Top of the Cambrian Excursion (HERB/TOCE). These events correspond to global anoxia/euxinia, increased global weathering of organic rich material and a shift in dissolved inorganic carbon availability. We have extended our knowledge of SPICE and HERB/TOCE in the UK by conducting coupled carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of cores (Merevale 1, 3) and quarry samples from Warwickshire (Oldbury Quarry). Our organic δ13C record replicates the changes previously published for SPICE in other global records. The bulk sediment δ15N record reveals a rapid positive excursion at the start of SPICE followed by a gradual decline through the remaining SPICE interval. We interpret the δ15N record as reflecting expansion of the oxygen minimum zone into the upper water column and replacing nitrification with denitrification processes. Denitrification is also supported during the SPICE interval from previously published iron-speciation data from the same cores. The negative δ13C HERB/TOCE record is coupled with a more subtle δ15N positive excursion. There is a paucity of organic carbon isotope records through this time interval, and hence a lack of global comparability is possible. The shift in δ13C and δ15N, coupled with changes in redox conditions in Cambrian oceans may also reflect biological shifts between red and green phytoplankton superfamilies making up the upper water column community. Additional research on organic carbon, nitrogen and redox proxies are required to ascertain the link between phytoplankton superfamily dominance, species richness, diversity and/or the onset of the Phytoplankton Revolution and the Great Ordovician Biodiversity Event.

How to cite: Warren, F., Gröcke, D. R., Smith, M., and Sinnesael, M.: Carbon and nitrogen isotope stratigraphy of the Cambrian SPICE record in the UK, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-7830, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-7830, 2023.

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EGU23-6929
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Daniel Le Heron, Christoph Kettler, Pierre Dietrich, Neil Griffis, Isabel Montañez, and Ricarda Wohlschlägl

The geometry of unconformities carved by deep time ice sheets is often obscured and restricted by discontinuous exposure, or outcrop conditions that do not readily permit the examination of glacial unconformities (for example, steeply dipping strata). Here, we present new uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) data from selected outcrops across northern, central and southern Namibia to shed new light on the nature of the basal Dwyka unconformity. This includes the onlap relationship of basal diamictites onto the Gomatum palaeo-fjord system in northern Namibia, highly complex mapped ice flow orientations elsewhere in the northern Kaokoveld, previously undiscovered grooves along the Fish River area, and a spectacular set of subglacial grooves along the border with South Africa along the Orange River. In the latter two cases, photogrammetric methods integrating orthophotos and digital elevation models reveal the presence of subglacial grooves for the first time, since the features are too subtle to observed using conventional approaches at outcrop. Furthermore, subglacial grooves often show different orientations to striations and fabrics measured in overlying diamictites, raising fresh questions about the nature of small-scale flow variations beneath Late Palaeozoic ice sheets.

How to cite: Le Heron, D., Kettler, C., Dietrich, P., Griffis, N., Montañez, I., and Wohlschlägl, R.: Aspects of the geomorphology of the Late Palaeozoic glaciated landscape of Namibia as revealed by photogrammetry, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-6929, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6929, 2023.

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EGU23-7230
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Ricarda Wohlschlägl, Christoph Kettler, Daniel Le Heron, and András Zboray

The Ennedi sandstone plateau in Chad in north-central Africa exposes an outstanding example of an ice stream paleo-landscape that is of Paleozoic age. This assemblage of paleo-glacial structures is of comparable quality to that found in Quaternary deglaciated landscapes. A wide range of exceptionally well-preserved proglacial, ice-marginal and subglacial features are visible due to the absence of vegetation in the desert environment. Paleo-ice stream pathways contain swarms of large-scale glacial lineations distributed over the whole plateau that tell the story of a dying ice sheet during the late Paleozoic. A putative grounding zone wedge within a paleo-ice stream pathway allows the position of the former coastline to be reconstructed as it is assumed that ice streams terminated into a former ocean basin. Based on the convex topography and its position orthogonal to the large-scale glacial lineations, we present the first geomorphological interpretation of a grounding zone wedge in the Paleozoic record. Additionally, a unique system of inverted channel sediments in close proximity to glacial structures might record different phases of meltwater release during ice retreat. In summary, the Ennedi paleo-glacial landscape provides an excellent natural laboratory to understand the spatial relationship between subglacial, ice-marginal and proglacial components of a former ice sheet, with emphasis on exceptional outcrop quality that can be used to further our understanding of some Quaternary glaciated landscapes.

How to cite: Wohlschlägl, R., Kettler, C., Le Heron, D., and Zboray, A.: Late Paleozoic glaciated landscape in northern Africa as an outstandingly well-preserved analogue to Quaternary deglaciated areas, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-7230, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-7230, 2023.

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EGU23-13268
David Bond, Sarah Greene, Jason Hilton, Gilda Lopes, Jing Lu, John Marshall, Ye Wang, Charles Wellman, and Runsheng Yin

The Late Devonian Mass Extinction is the least understood of the ‘Big 5’ extinctions in virtually every aspect: timing, effects and causes - and there is little knowledge of the coupling of events on land and in the ocean. At one extreme, the marine crisis is viewed as a rapid, cataclysmic event at the Frasnian/Famennian boundary (the “Kellwasser Event”) followed by another crisis 13 Myr later (the “Hangenberg Event”). Alternatively, these Late and end-Devonian extinctions are viewed as a cumulative series of minor events, drawn out over the entire Devonian. Our project aims to resolve these through study of the spectacular Devonian sedimentary succession in northern Spain that is both remarkably complete and laterally extensive, providing a transect across an entire Devonian marine shelf from deep marine to near terrestrial environments. We present initial results from Piedrasecha, north of Léon. We analysed 47 samples spanning the Frasnian Nocedo Formation, and the Famennian-Tournasian (Carboniferous) Fueyo, Ermita and Baleas Formations. Combined geochemical and palynological analyses reveal:

1) δ13Corg values are stable around -26‰ through the Frasnian and Famennian prior to a 2‰ negative shift associated with the onset of black mudstones at the base of the Baleas Formation (latest Famennian). This is likely a muted expression of the Hangenberg Event negative δ13Corg excursion.

2) Redox proxies (Th/U, Mo/Al, V/Al and U/Al) indicate bottom waters remained oxygenated until the latest Famennian, when weakly dysoxic (at worst) conditions developed. There is no obvious expression of Kellwasser Event anoxia in this offshore setting, and only a weak manifestation of Hangenberg oxygen restriction.

3) An order of magnitude shift in productivity proxy values (Ba/Al, Ni/Al, Zn/Al and P/Al) in the latest Famennian suggests that the Hangenberg Event is associated with increased primary productivity.

4) Mercury is enriched in the upper Frasnian Nocedo Formation where it withstands normalisation to TOC (Hg/TOC values reach 388 ppb/wt%, similar to those reported for the Upper Kellwasser Horizon elsewhere). This mercury might derive from large igneous province volcanism and is potentially a chemostratigraphic marker for the Kellwasser Event, though we require better stratigraphic control to evaluate this. Significant Hg enrichments (up to 160 ppb) in the latest Famennian Baleas Formation do not withstand normalisation, as TOC reaches 4.7 wt% at this level. The succession is thermally mature and since TOC drops with thermal maturity, Hg/TOC values might be elevated in comparison to original values.

5) Palynomorph assemblages are dominated by simple spores and Geminospora. The latter derives from the Mid-Late Devonian forest tree Archaeopteris. This suggests a rather homogenous vegetation typical of Late Devonian settings where successive extinctions stripped out diversity from terrestrial floras. However, it may be that in this distal section we are sampling spores that have been winnowed during transport. Work on other sections will enable us to test this.

We have sampled 14 further sections providing a complete Devonian succession and with >500 samples in preparation we hope to resolve whether the Late and end-Devonian crises were the result of cumulative stresses, or were indeed cataclysmic events.

How to cite: Bond, D., Greene, S., Hilton, J., Lopes, G., Lu, J., Marshall, J., Wang, Y., Wellman, C., and Yin, R.: Devonian mass extinctions: cumulative or cataclysmic?, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-13268, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-13268, 2023.

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EGU23-5618
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Jennifer Hewitt, Jaco Baas, Justyna Bulawa, Amy Ewing, Brennan O'Connell, and Mattias Green

A novel methodology shows that the dimensions of current ripples within tidal rhythmites can be used as a proxy for tidal current velocity, allowing us to contribute to the validation of numerical tidal model simulations. Our understanding of changing tides through geological history is facilitated by tidal simulations, which are generally poorly constrained due to the limited availability of proxy data. We aim to rectify this by developing a new type of geological proxy for tides based on sedimentary textures and structures, as bedforms are widely reported but uncommonly measured in the literature. The Carboniferous is a particularly data-rich time period with globally abundant tidal lithofacies including tidal rhythmites; successions of rhythmically alternating coarser and finer layers which can be used to describe tidal cyclicity, changes in the Earth – Moon system, and palaeoenvironmental conditions. Using data collected from a previously unstudied succession of Late Carboniferous (318 Ma) tidal rhythmites in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK, and empirical relationships identified through a series of flume studies in the literature, we deducted that the current ripples in our studied outcrop were formed at tidal flow velocities ranging between 0.28 and 0.34 m s-1. The latest palaeogeographical reconstructions depict South Wales as entirely continental, however the studied section revealed evidence of deposition in a shallow-marine palaeoenvironment. Identifying these palaeoenvironmental inaccuracies such as these allows us to rectify the palaeogeographical reconstructions; once tuned, the numerical tidal model simulation matched well with our proxy results. These promising findings demonstrate proof-of-concept of utilising bedforms as a proxy for palaeotides as well as its feasibility to validate tidal model simulations of other geological time periods and areas.  

How to cite: Hewitt, J., Baas, J., Bulawa, J., Ewing, A., O'Connell, B., and Green, M.: A Novel Approach to Constraining Carboniferous Tidal Currents using Bedforms in Tidal Rhythmites, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-5618, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5618, 2023.

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EGU23-15207
Gregory Price, Bernát Heszler, Lauren-Marie Tansley Charlton, and Jade Cox

The Jurassic greenhouse is punctuated by short cooling intervals with at times postulated polar ice-sheet development. For example, oxygen isotope records of belemnite rostra and fish teeth from the Russian Platform, eastern France and western Switzerland have been interpreted to reveal a prominent decrease in seawater temperature during the Late Callovian–Early Oxfordian. This is in part the basis for a proposed an ice age at the Middle-Late Jurassic Transition. In contrast relatively constant oxygen isotope records and therefore seawater temperatures and carbon isotope values characterized by significant scatter but showing more positive values during the middle and late Callovian have been reported from elsewhere. The aim of this research has been to determine a stable isotope stratigraphy (from belemnites and oysters) principally from the Callovian-Oxfordian interval (from southern England) and integrate these data with existing data to assess the pattern of carbon and oxygen isotopic change.  Our marine macrofossil record reveals isotopic patterns that are generally comparable with other European basins. Carbon isotopic trends are consistent with bulk carbonate carbon isotope records displaying systematic fluctuations, the largest of which (Middle Callovian, Calloviense/Jason Zones to Early Oxfordian, Mariae Zone) corresponds to previously identified phases of environmental perturbation. Such a trend may have resulted from enhanced burial and preservation of organic matter, leaving the seawater more positive in terms of carbon. Cooling post-dates this positive carbon isotope excursion. Inferred cooling, derived from our oxygen isotope data from southern England, occurs within the Late Callovian and Oxfordian (Athleta to Mariae zones). Enhanced carbon burial and atmospheric carbon dioxide draw down may have induced cooling. In this study the analysis of a single region (southern England) allows some constraints on potential variable that may influence isotope records.

 

How to cite: Price, G., Heszler, B., Tansley Charlton, L.-M., and Cox, J.: A climate perturbation at the Middle –Late Jurassic Transition? Evaluating the isotopic evidence, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-15207, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15207, 2023.

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EGU23-5912
André Bahr, Andrea Jaeschke, Alicia Hou, Christiano M. Chiessi, Ana Luiza Spadano Albuquerque, Janet Rethemeyer, and Oliver Friedrich

The reconstruction of accurate sea-surface temperatures (SST) is of utmost importance due to the central role of the ocean in the global climate system. Yet SST-proxies might be influenced by a number of environmental processes that may potentially bias the accurate reconstruction of the target variable. Here, we investigate the fidelity of SST reconstructions for the Western Tropical South Atlantic (WTSA) for Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 6–5, utilizing a core collected off eastern Brazil at ~20°S. This interval was selected as previous SST estimates based on Mg/Ca ratios of planktic foraminifera suggested a peculiar pooling of warm surface waters in the WTSA during MIS 6 despite glacial boundary conditions. To ground-truth the Mg/Ca-based SST data we generated SST reconstructions from the same core using both, alkenone and TEX86 paleothermometers. Comparison with alkenone-based temperature estimates corroborate the previous Mg/Ca-based SST reconstructions, supporting the presumed warm-water anomaly during MIS 6. In contrast, while core top samples indicate that TEX86-derived temperatures represent annual mean SST, the TEX86-derived paleo-temperatures are up to 6°C colder than Mg/Ca- and alkenone-based SST reconstructions. We interpret the periods of anomalously cold TEX86-temperatures as a result of a vertical migration of the TEX86 producers (heterotrophic marine Thaumarchaeota) to deeper water depths in response to an increase in food availability during phases of enhanced fluvial suspension input.

How to cite: Bahr, A., Jaeschke, A., Hou, A., Chiessi, C. M., Spadano Albuquerque, A. L., Rethemeyer, J., and Friedrich, O.: A comparison study of Mg/Ca-, alkenone- and TEX86-derived temperatures for the Brazilian Margin during Marine Isotope Stages 6–5, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-5912, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5912, 2023.

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EGU23-12410
Elin Norström, Rienk Smittenberg, Anneli Ekblom, Simon Haberle, and Christos Katrantsiotis

Madagascar is characterized by high climatic heterogeneity and its topography plays a key role in modulating the regional hydroclimate variability in South and East Africa. However, knowledge on past climate of Madagascar very limited, in line with the general scarcity of paleoclimate records from the southern tropics and subtropics. We generated a 26 kyr paleoclimate record from Madagascar, located in the southwestern Indian Ocean spanning the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the late Holocene. In particular, we present a deuterium/hydrogen isotopic ratio of terrestrial leaf waxes (δ2Hwax) from a sediment core taken from the central eastern part of the island near the capital Antananarivo. The δ2H records of both the aquatic and terrestrial plant derived n-alkanes exhibit similar long-term trends implying that they all record changes in the isotopic composition of source water, namely meteoric water that recharges soil and lake waters. In this tropical region, the δ2H variability of precipitation recorded by n-alkanes δ2H is mainly influenced by the amount effect resulting in lower values for periods with high rainfall. We observe five long-term trends: (i) stable and relatively dry conditions during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) (ii) gradually wetter conditions from 17.5 ka to 11.5 ka, especially during the Heinrich stadial 1 (HS1) and the Younger Dryas (YD) (iii) an arid interval from 11.5 ka to 8.5 ka, and (iv) a general trend to more humid climate until 3.0 ka, followed by (v) a drier interval until 1.0 ka. The Madagascar climatic signal is opposite to other records from South Africa and East Africa records especially during the YD and early to middle Holocene period. This regional dipole mode is consistent with the modern rainfall anomaly pattern associated with the variability of Mozambique Channel Trough and the migration of austral summer Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) position as a response to changes in local summer insolation orbital and/or Northern Hemisphere cold events, such as the YD and HS1.

How to cite: Norström, E., Smittenberg, R., Ekblom, A., Haberle, S., and Katrantsiotis, C.: Late Quaternary climate variability in Madagascar and its connection to South-East Africa hydroclimate changes and atmospheric circulation patterns, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-12410, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12410, 2023.

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EGU23-10712
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Mesoscale circulation in the Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California) and its role in paleoproductivity during the past 31 ka
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Alejandro Aldama-Cervates, Ligia Pérez-Cruz, Adela Monreal-Gómez, Joan Albert Sanchez-Cabeza, Martin Merino-Ibarra, Mauricio Velázquez-Aguilar, Rafael Venegas-Ferrer, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Ivano Aiello, Shijun Jiang, Lihua Ran, John Sarao, Priscilla Martínez, and Iodp Expedition 385 Scientists
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EGU23-10718
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Radiolarians and silicoflagellates as clues of the paleoceanographic history of Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California during the past 31,000 yr
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Mauricio Velázquez-Aguilar, Ligia Pérez-Cruz, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Alejandro Aldama-Cervantes, Rafael Venegas-Ferrer, Ivano Aiello, Shijun Jiang, Lihua Ran, John Sarao, Priscilla Martínez, Marysol Váldez-Hernández, and International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 385 Scientists
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EGU23-10905
Ligia Perez-Cruz, Mauricio Velázquez-Aguilar, Andrea Lefranc-Flores, Abdel Siffedine, and Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi

The location, sedimentology, and oceanographic characteristics of the southern Gulf of California make it suitable for investigating the Quaternary climate changes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (ETPO). We investigate changes in precipitation, ocean patterns and variations in paleoproductivity in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean related to insolation, migrations, and dynamics of the of Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the North America Monsoon (NAM), and inter-hemispheric teleconnections. Proxy records are obtained from sediments in the marginal Alfonso Basin, situated in the southwestern sector of the Gulf of California near its junction with the Pacific Ocean. The age model was based on eleven radiocarbon dates, the MARINE 20 calibration curve, and a reservoir age of 253 + 18 years. 
High-resolution records of elemental geochemistry, magnetic properties, and radiolarian assemblages are used to track climate changes in the tropical climate system at millennial and centennial time scales over the past 18,500 yr. Geochemical and magnetic proxies revealed an increase of precipitation at  ~17,500 and 16,536 yr, in the Bolling Allerod (from ~14,988 to 14,057 yr), and during the early Holocene. Humid conditions predominated between ~7,404 and 5,200 cal yr BP. Records indicate a climatic shift at ~4,860 cal yr BP, suggesting increased aridity and the strength of winds to continue through the late Holocene. Roughly 4000 cal yr BP the productivity increased as a result of the intensification of the winds. Paleoprecipitation changes are associated with ITCZ latitudinal migration and the NAM responding to insolation changes during the Holocene. Aeolian and fluvial inputs, marked by variations in Ti, K, Fe, Zr/Ti and magnetic properties, indicate that precipitation-controlled changes in summer monsoon rainfall primarily forced terrigenous supply throughout the mid-Holocene. We propose that these conditions arise from the northern hemisphere's high insolation at low latitudes, with the average position of the ITCZ migrating northward. Development of the NAM amplifies the seasonality and promotes increased precipitation during summer seasons. 
During the late Holocene, terrigenous input appears mainly controlled by the intensification of the NW winds. The record indicates a drop-in precipitation and abrupt enhancement of Aeolian activity. 
Radiolarian assemblages reveal the upper layers of two water masses (TSW and GCW), suggesting that the advection of coastal currents and mesoscale features controlled these conditions. The dominance of  Phormostichoartus corbula, Lithomelissa thoracites, and Arachnocorallium calvata, surface dwellers species reveal the Gulf of California Water and relatively high productivity during the BA, and in the transition to the middle to late Holocene, Botryostrobus aquilonaris suggests that during the deglaciation, (~17,468 to 15,426 yr), and at ~12,604 yr the occurrence of the California Current in the Alfonso Basin. Tetrapyle octacantha group represents the dominance of Superficial Tropical Water in the Alfonso basin, associated with conditions of marked stratification in the water column and oligotrophic conditions in the superficial layer during the Holocene Climatic Optimum and the Medieval Warm Period. which fluctuated due to variations in mesoscale gyres and also coastal upwellings off the western coast could contribute.

How to cite: Perez-Cruz, L., Velázquez-Aguilar, M., Lefranc-Flores, A., Siffedine, A., and Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J.: Tracking climate changes in the Gulf of California and the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean during the past 18,000 yr, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-10905, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-10905, 2023.

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EGU23-11475
Patricia Rodrigues, Hermann Behling, Gösta Hoffmann, and Wilfried Bauer

The Indian Ocean Monsoon is one of the largest land-ocean coupled events on Earth. Its occurrence is not only of climatic importance but also has a considerable economic impact on the livelihood of people/countries within its coverage zone. The monsoon winds travelling over the Arabian Sea (AS) carry moisture and bring rainfall to the southern part of the Sultanate of Oman and over a broad area of the Indian continent. In addition to rainfall, the monsoon also causes an intense and extensive deep-water upwelling along the coast and offshore of East Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. This intense and pronounced upwelling increases the productivity turning the western Arabian Sea into one of the most productive regions in the world.  In this poster we display partial results of a high-resolution study aiming at identifying monsoonal climatic changes recorded in marine sediments from the northwestern Arabian Sea during the late Pleistocene-Mid Holocene. It was carried out on 11 samples taken from an offshore core IODP Leg 117-721A-1H-1-W. An interval from 80 to 30 cm has been selected and samples have been taken every 3 cm.  We show here results obtained from 6 radiocarbon dating together with the study of palynomorphs. The main objective is to qualitatively identify and characterize pollen grains and spores, as well as the non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) present in the samples, correlating them with other study sites in the AS. In addition, we evaluate their potential as paleoenvironmental indicators. Samples have presented a low number of pollen grains and spore, which has ranged from 3 to 27 identified specimens. The deeper/older samples have presented a higher concentration of pollen grains. However, due to the low content of specimens, quantitative paleoenvironmental conclusion could not be drawn. Nonetheless, non-pollen palynomorphs are relatively abundant throughout samples. Dinocysts represent the most abundant type of NPP, followed by fungi, microscopic remains of algae and others still not identified. Palynological studies carried on the NW Arabian Sea are scarce and NPP identification and characterization have not been done at the study site yet. Therefore, our work presents novelty on recognizing palinomorphic imprints left by Indian Ocean Monsoon oscillation during the transition Pleistocene-Holocene off the Omani coast.

How to cite: Rodrigues, P., Behling, H., Hoffmann, G., and Bauer, W.: Effects of the Indian Ocean Monsoon oscillation during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition on the palinomorphic records in the NW Arabian Sea., EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-11475, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-11475, 2023.

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EGU23-8260
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ECS
Katre Luik and Hannes Tõnisson

This overview compares various environmental publications to find out the contrasts and similarities in climatic conditions in the last 6000 years in Estonia and Svalbard.

Both regions with their geographical differences are sensitive to climate change, Estonia on the meeting borderline with maritime and continental air masses and Svalbard at the end of the North Atlantic Cyclone track with very changeable climatic conditions. The study aims to find out how the colder and warmer periods differ in the larger time scale such as the Middle and Late Holocene.

The Holocene in Estonia and Svalbard experienced dramatic climate changes including several cold and warm episodes.  A variation of paleoclimatic records was compared with other geological proxies (lake sediments, glaciers, pollen, coastal and dune belt formation data presented in scientific publications) and a good correspondence between cold and warm climate periods was found in both areas. 

The climate conditions were warm and dry during the Middle Holocene with step wise cooling, no glacigenic input in Svalbard, water level in Estonian lakes extremely low; abrupt decrease in temperature appeared around 4000 BP and 2500 BP in both areas. Approximately 4500 years BP, North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) changed its phase from primarily positive NAO conditions to weakly positive NAO roughly for the next 2500 years. Around 4000 BP dry conditions changed to humid in Estonia and remained so for a thousand years (broad-leaved trees declined and pine forests became dominant approximately 3000 BP; stormy period ∼3300 - 3000 BP recorded in ancient beach formations), the climate likely shifted towards maritime; in Svalbard more intense precipitation stages were recorded in lakes runoff ∼3150 – 3000 BP. The next 2000 years the temperature appeared stabilised, Estonia mostly dry (more continental climate again) with a strong storm period characterised by large beach ridges  in the NW of the country formed ∼2300 - 2000 BP, Svalbard cool and moist with possible glacier advance around 2000 BP and a 400-year humid phase in 1600 - 1350 BP. The Little Ice Age (LIA) occurred around 600 - 100 BP in Svalbard and 500 - 200 BP in Estonia. During the LIA, precipitation and storminess increased in Svalbard whereas the Estonian climate turned more continental (dry and cool) with prevailing northern storms, clearly reflecting in the morphology and shape of dunes formed during this period.

Despite the distinct climatic conditions between Estonia and Svalbard there's no major differences in climate in the last 6000 years, still some noticeable shifts occur. Several detectable changes taking place in both areas were noticed around 3300 - 3000 BP: weaker NAO+ phase, humid conditions in Svalbard, exceptionally stormy period in Estonia followed by explicit changes in dominant tree species. During LIA more continental climate was dominating in Estonia while maritime influence was increasing in Svalbard. Similar opposite  shifts in the past cannot be ruled out and need further investigations and more precise dating information. 

How to cite: Luik, K. and Tõnisson, H.: Climatic differences between Estonia and Svalbard during the second half of the Holocene, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-8260, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8260, 2023.

Posters virtual: Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 | vHall SSP/GM

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EGU23-6265
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Nyamsambuu Odgerel, Niiden Ichinnorov, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Bat Orshikh Erdenetsogt, Luvsanchultem Jargal, and Sukhbat Purevsuren

The Shivee Ovoo is one of the big industrial mine of continental Choir-Nyalga basin in central Mongolia. The depositional environment and petroleum source rock potential of major coal-bearing strata in the Choir-Nyalga basin has been studied (Erdenetsogt et al., 2009, 2022), and age of the deposits (Khukhteeg Formation) has been assigned to Aptian-Albian on the basis of radiometiric age of intercalated tuff  (Hasegawa et al. 2018). We carried out a geochemical and palynological study on 10 samples (47 m mine wall) collected from Shivee Ovoo.

Geochemical analysis completed for major, trace, and rare earth elements (REE) in the SGS laboratory in Mongolia. Palynological study was carried out at the Basic Research Laboratory of National University of Mongolia. Fossil palynomorphs were investigated by LM using single grain technique (Hesse et al., 2009). As a result of geochemical analysis of major oxides, SiO2   hasthe highest content with 44.2%-66.9%. Following this Al2O3 (16.24%-19.14%), K2O (1.03%-4.09%) and TFe2O3 (total iron) (1.75%-3.36%) are the second most abundant oxides. The rest of the oxides (MgO, Na2O, P2 O5, MnO, CaO and TiO2) have concentration of less than 2.31%. The Al/Si ratio was between 0.26-0.41, SiO2 is related with quartz. The chemical weathering parameter CIA varies 71.3-81.6, with an average of 78.97, showing intermediate chemical weathering. Also, the Zr/Rb ratio 0.93 it can be seen the hydrodynamic force was weak. Generally, V/Cr:1.18, U/Th: 0.4, δU:1.68 implies oxidation environment. All weathering parameters show oxidation environment during sedimentation indicating that the paleoclimate is a warm and humid.

Palynological data,  6 of the 10 samples contain rich palynological fossils providing important information on the paleovegetation and paleoclimates. Sporomorph plants in the Khukhteeg formation contain 23 genera, 32 species. The palynological percentages of plants Cyathidites 32%, Baculatisporites 20%, Osmundacidites 11.1%, Gingkocycadopites 11%. Dominant plants mainly belong to the Filicales of the ferns represented by Osmundacidites and Dicksoniaceae. The plants 63.1% grow swamps, wet valleys, subtropical temperate zones. This palynological and geochemical data indicate that the at 47m depth Khukhteeg formation had a warm subtropical climate was at that time.

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Erdenetsogt, B. O., Lee, I., Bat-Erdene, D., & Jargal, L. (2009). Mongolian coal-bearing basins: geological settings, coal characteristics, distribution, and resources. International Journal of Coal Geology80(2), 87-104.

Erdenetsogt, B. O., Hong, S. K., Choi, J., & Lee, I. (2022). Depositional environment and petroleum source rock potential of Mesozoic lacustrine sedimentary rocks in central Mongolia. Marine and Petroleum Geology140, 105646.

Hasegawa, H., Ando, H., Hasebe, N., Ichinnorov, N., Ohta, T., Hasegawa, T., Yamamoto, M., Li, G.,  Erdenetsogt, B-O., Ulrich, H., Murata, T.,  Shinya, H.,  Enerel, G., Oyunjargal, G., Munkhtsetseg, O., Suzuki,N., Irino, T.,  Yamamoto, K., (2018). Depositional ages and characteristics of Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in southeastern Mongolia. Island Arc. 2018; e12243. 17 https://doi.org/10.1111/iar.12243

Hesse, M., Halbritter.H., Zetter, R., Weber, M., Buchner, R., Frosch-Radivo,A. & Ulrich,S. (2009). Pollen terminology-an illustrated handbook. Wein: Springer.

 

How to cite: Odgerel, N., Ichinnorov, N., Hasegawa, H., Erdenetsogt, B. O., Jargal, L., and Purevsuren, S.: Geochemical and palynological analyses of the Shivee Ovoo coal deposit (Choir-Nyalga basin, Central Mongolia)-palaeoclimatic implications, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-6265, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6265, 2023.

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EGU23-7618
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Maria Elena Gastaldello, Claudia Agnini, Thomas Westerhold, Anna Joy Drury, Rupert Sutherland, Michelle K. Drake, Adriane R. Lam, Gerald R. Dickens, Edoardo Dallanave, Stephen Burns, and Laia Alegret

The Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Biogenic Bloom (~ 9-3.5 Ma) is a paleoceanographic event defined by anomalously high marine biological productivity and associated with changes in the marine carbon cycle. Marine sedimentary records in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans, point to a significant increase in primary productivity across low-latitude oceanic regions maintained for several millions of years. Surface primary productivity is typically limited by the availability of nutrients; whose residence times are fairly short in the global ocean. Therefore, the global nature and the multimillion years duration of the Biogenic Bloom make this event a paleoceanographic puzzle. Two main explanations for these anomalously high productivity conditions have been proposed: a major redistribution of nutrients triggering an intensification of regional upwelling; or an absolute increase of nutrients delivery to the oceans. We investigated the Biogenic Bloom at IODP Site U1506 (Tasman Sea, southwest Pacific Ocean, 1505 m water depth) and at ODP Site 1085 (Cape Basin, southeast Atlantic Ocean, 1713 m water depth). For these sites we generated implemented age models and quantitative benthic foraminiferal records across an interval spanning from the Tortonian (Late Miocene) to the Zanclean (Early Pliocene). The benthic foraminiferal assemblage analysis shows that the Biogenic Bloom was a complex, multiphase event rather than a single uniform period of sustained high marine water productivity. Both sites record changes that can be interpreted in terms of modification of productivity conditions. Intervals with low diversity and abundant opportunistic and phytodetritus exploiting taxa (PET) are indicative of transient pulsed food supply, high oxygen levels, and oligotrophic conditions. Intervals characterized by increased diversity, higher relative abundance of uvigerinids and buliminids, and relative lower abundance of PET instead suggest lower oxygen and /or more eutrophic conditions. However, the two sites show a different taxonomic composition of the benthic foraminiferal assemblages. The dominating PET comprise distinct species at different the study sites, with Globocassidulina crassa and Globocassidulina subglobosa displaying high abundance at Site U1506, and Epistominella exigua and Alabaminella weddellensis at Site 1085. While showing common features, the Biogenic Bloom is also characterized by unique regional responses at different study sites which highlight the need for further high-resolution records to provide global mechanisms and dynamics for the Biogenic Bloom event.

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge funding from University of Padova DOR grant, CARIPARO Foundation Ph.D. scholarship, Fondazione Ing. Aldo Gini scholarship, and Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and FEDER funds (PID2019-105537RB-I00).

How to cite: Gastaldello, M. E., Agnini, C., Westerhold, T., Drury, A. J., Sutherland, R., Drake, M. K., Lam, A. R., Dickens, G. R., Dallanave, E., Burns, S., and Alegret, L.: Disentangling regional and global signatures from benthic foraminifera records during the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Biogenic Bloom (IODP Site U1506 and ODP Site 1085), EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-7618, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-7618, 2023.

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EGU23-14508
Efterpi Koskeridou, Danae Thivaiou, Konstantina Agiadi, Frédéric Quillévéré, Pierre Moissette, and Jean-Jacques Cornée

Molluscs, and among them bivalves, are organisms known for their ability to precisely record paleoenvironmental changes, both in shallow and deep marine settings. When looking into the recent geological past, bivalve assemblages offer information on the climatic changes that have impacted their taxonomic compositions. In the eastern Mediterranean, assemblages of bathyal bivalves are scarce. In order to investigate the impact of climatic changes on deep-water bivalve communities during the Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition, we focus here on two well-dated sections on Rhodes Island (Greece) corresponding to the Lindos Bay Formation. The sections of Lindos and Lardos present a continuous sedimentation of fine, marly sediments, and cover the Marine Isotopic Stages (MIS) 32 to 18. A total of 15 samples were analysed, resulting in the recovery of 31 species of bathyal bivalves. The depositional depths of these samples are estimated to be between 150 and 500 m. All samples are dominated by Protobranch bivalves, with the larger diversity found in families Nuculanidae and Yoldiidae. Three species, found only in cool intervals, are now extinct: Ledella nicotrae, Katadesmia confusa, and Pseudoneilonella pusio. Differences in sample composition are thought to be due mainly to climatic rather than bathymetric conditions. Although the associations in most MIS are similar to those found in the Italian Pleistocene deposits, those of the MIS 21 interglacial (Nucula nucleusSaccella commutataCyclopecten hoskynsiLimea crassa) and the MIS 20 glacial (Saccella commutataBathyspinula excisaYoldiella curtaBathyarca spp.) are new for the Mediterranean region. These results imply that there were significant changes in bathyal bivalve associations during the climatic transitions of the Early-Middle Pleistocene and that modern bathyal associations of bivalves have been stabilized after the Middle Pleistocene.

How to cite: Koskeridou, E., Thivaiou, D., Agiadi, K., Quillévéré, F., Moissette, P., and Cornée, J.-J.: Bathyal bivalve assemblages of the eastern Mediterranean record the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-14508, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14508, 2023.