Late Weichselian deglaciation and early Holocene development of a cold-water coral reef along the Lopphavet shelf (Northern Norway) recorded by benthic foraminifera and ostracoda

被引：20

作者：

Stalder, Claudio ^{[1
]}

Spezzaferri, Silvia ^{[1
]}

Rueggeberg, Andres ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Pirkenseer, Claudius ^{[1
]}

Gennari, Giordana ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Fribourg, Dept Geosci, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

[2] Univ Ghent, Dept Geol & Soil Sci, RCMG, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

[3] GEOMAR Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res Kiel, D-24148 Kiel, Germany

[4] Ist Andaluz Ciencias Tierra CSIC UGR, Granada 18100, Spain

来源：

DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY | 2014年 / 99卷

基金：

瑞士国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Northern Norway; Foraminifera; Pleistocene-Holocene; Deglaciation; Cold-water corals; Melt-water influxes; Sea-level changes; SOUTHWESTERN BARENTS SEA; LOPHELIA-PERTUSA; NORDIC SEAS; LAST DEGLACIATION; CONTINENTAL-SHELF; LATE PLEISTOCENE; CARBONATE MOUND; ATLANTIC WATER; NORWEGIAN SEA; ARCTIC FJORD;

D O I：

10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.07.009

中图分类号：

P7 [海洋学];

学科分类号：

0707 ;

摘要：

Cold-water coral (CWC) settlement in northern Norway is strongly related to the outlet-glaciers of the Fennoscandian Ice-sheet, and dating of known CWC structures show clearly post-glacial ages. Two gravity cores (POS391 559/2,277 cm long and POS391 559/3,282 cm long) were recovered on a CWC reef in the area of Lopphavet, northern Norway. Detailed investigations on lithology (sediment structures and composition), micropaleontology (foraminifera and ostracoda) and AMS C-14 dating on the epibenthic foraminifera Discanomalina coronata were performed on the two cores. Phosphorus analyses were performed only on core POS391 559/3. Results indicate that the whole core POS391 559/2 is representative of a CWC reef environment. The base of the core is dated at 10,600 +/- 120 cal. yr BP, thus representing one of the oldest ages of a Norwegian coral reef. Core POS391 559/3 documents the passage from a proximal glacier environment characterized by fine silty sediments with intercalation of several dropstone layers to a CWC ecosystem. The transition from the glacial to the interglacial stage is dated as old as 10,725 +/- 205 cal. yr BP, whereas the base of the core is dated to an age of 15,300 +/- 550 cal. yr BP. Diversity of benthic foraminifera is higher within the CWC, especially in the intervals containing coral framework. Five clusters are identified based on the Bray-Curtis Similarity Term Analyses and the interpretation of data shows that they are related to different ecological settings, e.g., fluctuations of the sea-ice cover; influence of the warmer and more saline Atlantic water masses; transitional to a fully interglacial environment; well oxygenated, nutrient-rich and high current setting being conducive to CWC. Ostracod assemblages show that these crustaceans may be also used to characterize sedimentary fades on CWC reefs. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：249 / 269

页数：21