Stable isotope ratios on 3 sediment cores from Tagus prodelta off Lisbon

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A high-resolution sedimentary sequence recovered from the Tagus prodelta has been studied with the objective to reconstruct multi-decadal to centennial-scale climate variability on the western Iberian Margin and to discuss the observations in a wider oceanographic and climatic context. Between ca. 100 BC and AD 400 the foraminiferal fauna and high abundance of Globorotalia inflata indicate advection of subtropical waters via the Azores Current and the winter-time warm Portugal Coastal Current. Between ca. AD 400 and 1350, encompassing the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), enhanced upwelling is indicated by the planktonic foraminiferal fauna, in particular by the high abundance of upwelling indicator species Globigerina bulloides. Relatively light d18O values and high sea surface temperature (SST) (reconstructed from foraminiferal assemblages) point to upwelling of subtropical Eastern North Atlantic Central Water. Between ca. AD 1350 and 1750, i.e. most of the Little Ice Age, relatively heavy d18O values and low reconstructed SST, as well as high abundances of Neogloboquadrina incompta, indicate the advection of cold subpolar waters to the area and a southward deflection of the subpolar front in the North Atlantic, as well as changes in the mode of the North Atlantic Oscillation. In addition, the assemblage composition together with the other proxy data reveals less upwelling and stronger river input than during the MCA. Stronger Azores Current influence on the Iberian Margin and strong anthropogenic effect on the climate after AD 1750 is indicated by the foraminiferal fauna. The foraminiferal assemblage shows a significant change in surface water conditions at ca. AD 1900, including enhanced river runoff, a rapid increase in temperature and increased influence of the Azores Current. The Tagus record displays a high degree of similarity to other North Atlantic records, indicating that the site is influenced by atmospheric-oceanic processes operating throughout the North Atlantic, as well as by local changes.

Supplement to: Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga B; Voelker, Antje H L; Abrantes, Fatima F; Salgueiro, Emilia; Rodrigues, Teresa; Knudsen, Karen Luise (2015): High-frequency surface water changes in the Tagus prodelta off Lisbon, eastern North Atlantic, during the last two millennia. Marine Micropaleontology, 117, 13-24

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.858741
Related Identifier IsSupplementTo https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2015.03.001
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Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683608101388
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.858741
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Creator Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga B; Voelker, Antje H L ORCID logo; Abrantes, Fatima F ORCID logo; Salgueiro, Emilia ORCID logo; Rodrigues, Teresa ORCID logo; Knudsen, Karen Luise
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2015
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 10 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-9.365W, 38.554S, -9.336E, 38.558N); Portuguese Margin
Temporal Coverage Begin 2000-09-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2002-04-29T10:08:00Z