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TI From “source to sink” – A new perspective on the past dynamics of the Murray Canyon Group from benthic foraminiferal communities
BT 
AF Mojtahid, M.
   Michel, E.
   De Deckker, P.
AS 1:1,3;2:2;3:3;
FF 1:;2:;3:;
C1 LPG-BIAF UMR-CNRS 6112, UNIV Angers, CNRS, UFR Sciences, 2 bd Lavoisier 49045, Angers Cedex 01, France
   Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, l'Orme des merisiers, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
   Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
C2 UNIV ANGERS, FRANCE
   LSCE, FRANCE
   UNIV AUSTRALIAN NATL, AUSTRALIA
IF 2.415
TC 4
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00629/74119/73588.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR MD 131 / AUSCAN
BO Marion Dufresne
DE ;Turbidites;Last Glacial;River Murray;Bouma-like sequence;Shelf foraminifera;Bathyal foraminifera;Abyssal foraminifera
AB We present fossil benthic foraminiferal assemblage data from marine sediment core SS02/06-GC2 located in the abyssal plain of the Murray Canyon Group (offshore South Australia). The sedimentological characteristics indicate the presence of turbidite deposits showing classical Bouma-like sequences, dated between ~40 and 12 cal ka BP. These results confirm the previous interpretation of the observed large deep-water holes in the abyssal area where the core was sampled as being gouged by surges of high-energy turbidity currents. The presence of good indicator taxa and unique assemblages occupying specific bathymetric depths allows the determination of the source origin of the sediments making the turbidites. Three distinct faunal groups are found: 1) mostly shelf species, 2) mostly bathyal species and 3) mostly abyssal species. In the sediment core, these groups present a quasi-systematic succession, with nearly all Bouma-like sequences starting with the dominance of bathyal species in the coarse-grained base, followed by the dominance of shallow species in the silty part, and finally with abyssal species in the clays. To explain such phenomena, turbidites triggered by mixed hyperpycnal/hypopycnal flow processes and turbidity currents during periods of river floods are considered for the first time within the Murray Canyon Group. They are mostly related to periods of increased fluvial discharges during wet phases in the Murray-Darling Basin. 
PY 2020
PD SEP
SO Marine Micropaleontology
SN 0377-8398
PU Elsevier BV
VL 160
UT 000582087300008
DI 10.1016/j.marmicro.2020.101877
ID 74119
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