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Sr- and Nd-isotopic composition of bulk lithogenic sediments from the Eastern...
In order to characterize the provenance of lithogenic surface sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS), residual (leached) fraction of 34 surface samples have been... -
Plio-Pleistocene scanning XRF, stable isotope, and environmental magnetic dat...
Mediterranean sediments record past changes in North African aridity/humidity changes (so-called 'Green Sahara periods') on orbital timescales. These changes are reflected in... -
Chemistry of Globigerinoides ruber shells from ODP Site 160-963
Here we present a high-resolution faunal, floral and geochemical (stable isotopes and trace elements) record from the sediments of Ocean Drilling Program Site 963 (central... -
Coccolithophora and geochemistry of sapropel S1 in ODP Hole 160-964B
The cyclic development of anoxic conditions in the eastern Mediterranean deep sea waters is one of the most fascinating research topics in paleoceanographic studies. In... -
Molybdenum and sulphur isotope ratios of early Pleistocene sapropels of ODP H...
Organic-rich sediments (sapropels) deposited in the Mediterranean are presumed to have formed during periods of increased productivity, and/or deep water oxygen depletion,... -
Benthic foraminifera distribution and stable isotope record of ODP Hole 160-963A
New centennial-scale data of benthic foraminifera assemblages and of stable isotopes of foraminifera shells from the Sicily Channel, representative of surface and bottom waters,... -
Sapropels in the Mediterranean Sea
Eastern Mediterranean sediments are characterized by cyclic deposition of organic-rich sediments known as sapropels. Enhanced primary productivity combined with bottom water... -
Benthic foraminifera of Mediterranean deep-sea sediments
Ninety-five species and 19 genera of cosmopolitan, deep-sea benthic foraminifera belonging to the families Pleurostomellidae, Stilostomellidae and Nodosariidae, became extinct... -
Diatoms and laminae of Mediterranean sapropels
The origins of sapropels (sedimentary layers rich in organic carbon) are unclear, yet they may be a key to understanding the influence of climate on ocean eutrophication, the... -
Modes of sapropel formation in the eastern Mediterranean: some constraints ba...
Pyrite formation within and directly below sapropels in the eastern Mediterranean was governed by the relative rates of sulphide production and Fe liberation and supply to the... -
Pliocene/Pleistocene benthic foraminiferal abundances from six drilling cores
Twenty percent (19 genera, 95 species) of cosmopolitan, deep-sea (500-4000 m), benthic foraminiferal species became extinct during the late Pliocene-Middle Pleistocene (3-0.12... -
Total organic carbon content and isorenieratene concentrations from three hol...
Carotenoids were analysed in ca. 1-cm thick subsamples of three laterally time-equivalent sapropels from a west-east transect of the eastern Mediterranean Basin to study euxinic... -
Expanded GHOST database
In this study we review a global set of alkenone- and foraminiferal Mg/Ca-derived sea surface temperatures (SST) records from the Holocene and compare them with a suite of... -
Sea surface temperature reconstruction for Mediterranean Sea samples
Alkenone unsaturation ratios and planktonic delta18O records from sediment cores of the Alboran, Ionian and Levantine basins in the Mediterranean Sea show pronounced variations... -
Abundance patterns and isotopic signals of morphotypes of Globigerinoides ruber
The chemical composition of shells of the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides ruber (white) is frequently used to determine past sea surface conditions. Recently, it has been... -
Organic carbon analyses of ODP Site 160-971 in the Mediterranean Sea
Mud volcanism on the Mediterranean Ridge is caused by extrusion of overpressured sediments, with consequent formation of spectacular dome-shaped features composed of mud... -
Organic matter and trace element concentrations in sapropels from ODP Leg 160...
A distinct Pliocene eastern Mediterranean sapropel (i-282), recovered from three Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 160 Sites, has been investigated for its organic and inorganic... -
Nd isotope data for planktonic foraminifera from within and around sapropels ...
The development of widespread anoxic conditions in the deep oceans is evidenced by the accumulation and preservation of organic-carbon-rich sediments, but its precise cause... -
Boron contents and boron, carbon, and oxygen isotope data for ODP Sites 160-9...
Products of two mud volcanoes from the distal part of the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex have been investigated regarding their B, C, and O stable isotope signatures.... -
Oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios of pore waters from ODP sites in the Medit...
Pore fluids from two ODP sites at Eastern Mediterranean mud volcanoes have been analyzed for their Cl concentration and their delta18O and deltaD isotopic composition. The Cl...