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Interplay between detrital and diagenetic processes since the last glacial maximum on the northwest Iberian continental shelf

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Kais Jacob Mohamed ,
Daniel Rey ,
Belen Rubio ,
Federico Vilas  and
Thomas Frederichs
Kais Jacob Mohamed*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Marine Geosciences and Land Management, University of Vigo, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #23 266 Woods Hole Rd. 02543, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Daniel Rey
Affiliation:
Dept. of Marine Geosciences and Land Management, University of Vigo, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
Belen Rubio
Affiliation:
Dept. of Marine Geosciences and Land Management, University of Vigo, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
Federico Vilas
Affiliation:
Dept. of Marine Geosciences and Land Management, University of Vigo, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
Thomas Frederichs
Affiliation:
Dept. of Marine Geophysics, University of Bremen, P.O. Box"330 440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
*
*Corresponding author. Dept. of Marine Geosciences and Land Management, University of Vigo, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain. Fax: + 34 986 81 25 56.E-mail address:kmohamed@uvigo.es (K.J. Mohamed).
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Abstract

Integrated analyses of magnetic, geochemical and textural data on six cores from the northwestern Iberian continental shelf allowed the reconstruction of the paleoenvironmental evolution of this area since the last glacial maximum (LGM). Four sedimentary units were identified, representing a succession from fluvial and subaerial settings to high and finally low-energy marine deposits subsequent to the post-LGM sea-level rise. The uppermost unit was deposited during the Holocene and its magnetic properties were controlled by the interplay between detrital input and early diagenetic reductive dissolution of magnetic minerals. Identification of a primary steady-state early diagenetic signal allowed the recognition of periods of increased detrital input, bounded by intervals of lower detrital input and intensified reductive diagenesis related to intensified upwelling in the area. These paleoenvironmental alternations are consistent with the climatic evolution of the late Holocene. During the Roman Warm Period and Medieval Warm Period, the combined effect of greater humidity and intense agricultural and mining activities led to a greater erosion and transport of detrital sediments to the shelf. In contrast, enhanced diagenetic reduction intervals, caused by upwelling intensification, were roughly coincident with the colder Dark Ages and the Little Ice Age.

Keywords

Environmental magnetismDetrital inputIberian continental shelfEarly diagenesisPaleoclimatic evolutionUpwelling
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Quaternary Research , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , May 2010 , pp. 507 - 520
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University of Washington

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