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dc.contributor.authorModestou, Sevasti Eleni
dc.contributor.authorGutjahr, Marcus
dc.contributor.authorvan der Schee, Marlies
dc.contributor.authorEllam, Rob
dc.contributor.authorFlecker, Rachel
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-07T07:41:07Z
dc.date.available2020-05-07T07:41:07Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.PublishedModestou SE, Gutjahr M, van der Schee, Ellam, Flecker R. Precessional Cyclicity of Seawater Pb Isotopes in the Late Miocene Mediterranean. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 2019;34(12):2201-2222eng
dc.identifier.issn2572-4525en_US
dc.identifier.issn2572-4517en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/22111
dc.description.abstractAstronomical tuning in the Mediterranean region is primarily based on organically‐mediated proxies, such as cyclicity of organic rich layers or changes in foraminiferal assemblages. Both during and post deposition, organic proxies can be affected by complex processes not immediately related to the changes in precession (insolation) they are assumed to reflect. Here we present an isotopic proxy which exhibits precessional cyclicity yet is inorganic. Seawater lead (Pb) isotope records over four precessional cycles between 6.6 and 6.5 Ma, from bulk sediment leachates of three Messinian, circum‐Mediterranean marginal locations, show variations consistent with precessional cyclicity. During insolation minima, the Pb isotope signatures from all three sites converge to similar values, suggesting a regional process is affecting all three locations at that time. Data from the marginal sites are compared with new data from ODP Site 978 and published data from a variety of geological archives from the Mediterranean region to determine the mechanism(s) causing the observed variability. While the comparisons are not fully conclusive, the timing of events suggest that increased dust production from North Africa during insolation minima is the most likely control. This hypothesis implies that authigenic marine Pb isotope records have the potential to provide a reliable inorganic tie point for Mediterranean cyclostratigraphy where sub‐precessional resolution is required. An inorganic tie point could also provide the means to resolve long‐standing problems in Mediterranean stratigraphy on precessional and sub‐precessional timescales which have been obscured due to post‐depositional changes (e.g., sapropel burn‐down) or suboptimal ecological conditions (e.g., the Messinian Salinity Crisis).en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018PA003538
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/eng
dc.titlePrecessional Cyclicity of Seawater Pb Isotopes in the Late Miocene Mediterraneanen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2020-02-12T09:24:49Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2018pa003538
dc.identifier.cristin1772685
dc.source.journalPaleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
dc.relation.projectEC/FP7: 290201 MEDGATE


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