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Thorium-Uranium dating of cold-water corals from Brittlestar and Dragon Mound, Western Mediterranean Sea

This data presents high precision Th/U ages from cold-water corals obtained from sediment cores up to 70 m long and collected by the sea floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo70 in the western Mediterranean Sea. The drill records provided new insights into the initiation of the Mediterranean coral mounds as the base of the 60-m-high Dragon mound was penetrated and dated to the Mid-Pleistocene (~390 ka). The coral ages document mound development pulses, which are remarkably coherent with precession-driven changes in African hydroclimate. The data supports studies on the relevance of past changes in continental hydroclimate and their implications on oceanic processes including the complex processes leading to the aggradation of cold-water coral mounds.

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Frank, Norbert, Krengel, Thomas, Wienberg, Claudia, Eichstädter, Rene, Schröder-Ritzrau, Andrea, Hebbeln, Dierk (2022). Dataset: Thorium-Uranium dating of cold-water corals from Brittlestar and Dragon Mound, Western Mediterranean Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945132

DOI retrieved: 2022

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Imported on November 30, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-4.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945132
Author Frank, Norbert
Given Name Norbert
Family Name Frank
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Krengel, Thomas
Wienberg, Claudia
Eichstädter, Rene
Schröder-Ritzrau, Andrea
Hebbeln, Dierk
Source Creation 2022
Publication Year 2022
Resource Type application/zip - filename: Wienberg-etal_2022
Subject Areas
Name: LandSurface

Name: Lithosphere

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Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107723
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2022
Source: Quaternary Science Reviews
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Identifier: https://doi.org/10.11588/heidok.00027990
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2020
Source: Heidelberg University Library
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Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2022
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