A low seasonality scenario in the Mediterranean Sea during the Calabrian (Early Pleistocene) inferred from fossil Arctica islandica shells
| Autor: | Bernd R. Schöne, Thomas Brey, Gotje von Leesen, Daniele Scarponi, Lars Beierlein |
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| Přispěvatelé: | von Leesen, Gotje, Beierlein, Lar, Scarponi, Daniele, Schöne, Bernd R., Brey, Thomas |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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010506 paleontology
Early Pleistocene Stable oxygen isotope 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Pleistocene engineering.material Oceanography 01 natural sciences Paleontology Mediterranean sea Sclerochronology 14. Life underwater Glacial period Arctica islandica Sicily Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes biology Aragonite biology.organism_classification Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematic language.human_language Paleotemperature reconstruction 13. Climate action Earth-Surface Processe engineering language Sicilian Geology |
| Popis: | Understanding past seasonal temperature variability in the ocean is essential to evaluate the effects of future climate change on marine ecosystems. Here, we estimate seasonal water temperature amplitudes from stable oxygen isotope (δ18Oshell) values of fossil shells of Arctica islandica (assuming δ18Owater= + 0.9 ± 0.1â° V-SMOW). Specimens were collected from three Pleistocene successions (Emilian and Sicilian substages of the Calabrian) in Central and Southern Italy (i.e., Rome, Lecce and Sicily). Biostratigraphic analyses from Rome Quarry deposits indicate an age between 1.6 and 1.2 Ma, whereas Sicily and Lecce successions are slightly more recent (between 1.1 and 0.62 Ma). Prior to carbonate geochemical analysis, we checked the shells for potential diagenetic alterations (e.g., from aragonite to calcite) using confocal Raman microscopy. δ18Oshelltransects indicate an annual temperature amplitude of about 3 °C during the Early Pleistocene. This is in sharp contrast to reconstructions based on faunal assemblages, according to which the simultaneous occurrence of boreal and warm-water species in the Calabrian Mediterranean Sea suggests a much higher seasonality (ca. 10 °C). The low seasonality and the relatively cold water (9â10 °C) indicate the outcrops represent colder climatic conditions compared to modern times, and suggest the occurrence of a maximum glacial phase. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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