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TI Variations in benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the Tagus mud belt during the last 5700 years: Implications for Tagus River discharge
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AF DESSANDIER, Pierre-Antoine
   BONNIN, Jerome
   MALAIZE, Bruno
   LAMBERT, Clement
   TJALLINGII, Rik
   WARDEN, Lisa
   DAMSTE, Jaap S. Sinninghe
   KIM, Jung-Hyun
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C1 Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, UMR EPOC 5805, Allee Geoffroy St Hilaire, F-33615 Pessac, France.
   Univ Bretagne Occidentale, Lemar UMR 6539, IUEM Technopole Brest Iroise,Rue Dumont dUrville, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Univ Utrecht, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res, Dept Marine Microbiol & Biogeochem, NL-1790 AB Utrecht, Netherlands.
   Univ Utrecht, Dept Geosci, Fac Earth Sci, POB 80-021, Utrecht, Netherlands.
   GFZ German Res Ctr Geosci, Climate Dynam & Landscape Evolut, Potsdam, Germany.
   Korea Polar Res Inst, 26 Songdomirae Ro, Incheon 21990, South Korea.
C2 UNIV BORDEAUX, FRANCE
   UBO, FRANCE
   UNIV UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS
   UNIV UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS
   GFZ, GERMANY
   KOPRI, SOUTH KOREA
UM LEMAR
   LGO
IF 2.616
TC 3
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00616/72791/107784.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Holocene;Portuguese Margin;Paleo-reconstruction;North Atlantic Oscillation
AB We analyzed a 10-m sediment core retrieved at 82 m water depth off the coast of the Tagus River (Western Iberian Margin, Portugal) to investigate a linkage between variations in benthic foraminiferal assemblages and Tagus River discharge over the last 5700 years. Benthic foraminiferal assemblages were studied at high resolution in combination with the stable carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of fossil shells of Nonion scaphum, bulk and molecular organic matter properties (TOC, TN, C/N ratio, delta C-13(TOC), delta N-15(bulk), and BIT index), magnetic susceptibility, and XRF analyses. Three periods of environmental changes were identified: 1) high Tagus River discharge in 5750-2200 calendar year before present (cal yr BP), 2) lower discharge characterized by intense upwelling conditions (2250-1250 cal yr BP), and 3) both intense upwelling and Tagus River discharge (1250 cal yr BP-present). The data reveal alternating intense upwelling periods, as shown by the dominance of Cassidulina carinata, Valvulineria bradyana, or Bulimina marginata, whereas periods of increased river discharge are indicated by increase of N. scaphum, Ammonia beccarii, and Planorbulina mediterranensis. The Tagus River discharge was the strongest during the first period, transporting riverine material further offshore and preventing the establishment of a mud belt on the mid-shelf (around 100 m depth). During the second period, a decrease in Tagus River discharge favored the formation of the Tagus mud belt and strongly influenced the benthic environment by creating an organic matter stock. During the third period, intense upwelling and increased Tagus River discharge were recorded by benthic foraminiferal distribution, with an increase of terrestrial elements present in the mud belt. Furthermore, our results showed that variations in benthic foraminiferal assemblages corresponded to the well-known climatic periods in the study area, such as the Roman Period, the Dark Ages, the Medieval Warm Period, and the Little Ice Age. Our study strongly suggests that benthic foraminiferal assemblages can be used as a bio-indicator to trace the influence of past river discharge. 
PY 2018
PD MAY
SO Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
SN 0031-0182
PU Elsevier Science Bv
VL 496
UT 000428973000017
BP 225
EP 237
DI 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.01.040
ID 72791
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