Pliocene-Pleistocene stable isotope record for Ocean Drilling Program Site 653, Tyrrhenian basin: implications for the paleoenvironmental history of the Mediterranean Sea

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Planktonic foraminiferal oxygen and carbon isotope analyses from Tyrrhenian Sea Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 653 provide a continuous record of the Pliocene-Pleistocene paleoceanographic history of the Mediterranean. Long-term trends in oxygen isotopes primarily reflect changes in global climatic conditions, with a more local or regional signal superimposed on this record. In contrast to most open-ocean results, the early Pliocene δ18O record of Site 653 exhibits high-amplitude fluctuations indicative of very unstable climatic conditions in this region. Another unique aspect of this Mediterranean δ18O record is the pronounced cooling at the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary. -from Authors

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Thunell, R., Williams, D., Tappa, E., Rio, D., & Raffi, I. (1990). Pliocene-Pleistocene stable isotope record for Ocean Drilling Program Site 653, Tyrrhenian basin: implications for the paleoenvironmental history of the Mediterranean Sea. Proc., Scientific Results, ODP, Leg 107, Tyrrhenian Sea, 387–399. https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.107.155.1990

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