Calcareous nannofossil assemblages and coccolith accumulation rates in sediment core POS287_26-3G from the Western Iberian Margin off Lisbon

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This dataset contains quantitative records of calcareous nannofossil assemblages and coccolith accumulation rates from sediment cores collected along the western Iberian Margin (Porto, Lisbon, and Faro sites). The data cover the Common Era (~0–2000 years BP) and were produced to document high-resolution variations in primary productivity and surface ocean conditions under the influence of the Iberian upwelling system. Sediment cores were retrieved from the inner shelf at water depths of 80–96 m during the PALEO1 (R/V Poseidon, 2002) and POPEI0108 (NRP Auriga, 2008) oceanographic campaigns. In total, 166 sediment samples were analysed (71 from Porto, 37 from Lisbon, and 41 from Faro). Sample preparation followed the random settling technique of Flores and Sierro (1997), ensuring homogeneous coccolith distribution on slides. Calcareous nannofossils were identified and quantified under polarized-light microscopy at 1250× magnification. Absolute abundances (coccoliths/g) were calculated following Flores and Sierro (1997), and coccolith accumulation rates (NAR) were derived by combining coccolith concentration, dry bulk density, and sedimentation rates from published age models. The dataset includes absolute and relative abundances of coccolithophore taxa, total coccolith concentrations and NAR values. These data provide the basis for reconstructing primary productivity patterns and environmental variability along the western Iberian Margin during key climatic intervals of the Common Era, including the Medieval Climate Anomaly, Little Ice Age, and Industrial Era.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987978
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Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.04.009
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01010
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1901-2017
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.2307/1485832
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Provenance
Creator González-Martín, María ORCID logo; Rigual-Hernández, Andrés S; Abrantes, Fatima F ORCID logo; Gebara, Livia; Narciso, Aurea ORCID logo; Flores, José-Abel (ORCID: 0000-0003-1909-293X)
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 Crossref Funder ID PTDCCTA-CLI28842021 https://ccmar.ualg.pt/project/impact-climate-warming-coastal-upwelling-system-and-primary-production-portugal-study Impact of climate warming in the coastal upwelling system and primary production off Portugal: a study linking classical and emergent proxies
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 2954 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-9.360 LON, 38.560 LAT); Portuguese Margin