Caracterización e interpretación de las capas ricas en detríticos en sedimentos del Site U1314 (Atlántico Norte) durante los estadios isotópicos marinos 21-19 (~ 830-779 ka)
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Muestras del IODP Site U1314, recuperadas en la formación Gardar
Drift (Atlántico Norte subpolar), fueron estudiadas para determinar que procesos
controlan la sedimentación terrígena desde los continentes en este
área y determinar la fuente de dicho material lítico. Para este propósito,
hemos realizado un estudio geoquímico y mineralógico mediante digestión
total de sedimento y difracción de rayos X, y un estudio litológico y micropaleontológico
en la fracción gruesa (> 150 μm) entre ~ 830-779 ka (estadio
isotópico marino 21-19). De este modo, hemos podido determinar que
cuarzo, plagioclasa, filosilicatos, fragmentos líticos de grano grueso (principalmente
cuarzo y material volcánico), y algunas trazas de dolomita, fueron
liberados al océano durante secuencias episódicas de avance/retroceso de
los casquetes de hielo, mientras que la calcita biogénica y los feldespatos dominaron
la sedimentación durante períodos más cálidos. El carbonato detrítico
rico en dolomita es raro en nuestras muestras, indicando que las oleadas
de icebergs del casquete de hielo de Laurentia desde el estrecho de Hudson
fueron escasas, o alternativamente que los icebergs procedentes de esta
región no sobrevivieron al transporte hasta la zona del Site U1314. Esta observación
indica que casquetes de hielo más próximos pudieron haber servido
como fuente de ice-rafted debris (IRD), liberados durante descargas
masivas de icebergs
Samples from IODP Site U1314, drilled in the Gardar Drift formation (subpolar North Atlantic), were studied to determine which processes mainly rule terrigenous sedimentation from continents in this area and to fingerprint the source of such lithic material. For this purpose, we performed a geochemical and mineralogical study using total digestion on bulk sediment samples and X-ray diffraction, and a lithological and micropaleontological study in the coarse fraction component (>150 μm) between ~ 830-779 ka (Marine Isotope Stages 21-19). With this approach, we were able to determine that quartz, plagioclase, phyllosilicates, coarse lithic fragments (mainly quartz and volcanic material), and some trace dolomite, were released to the ocean during episodic ice-sheet advance/retreat sequences, while biogenic calcite and feldspar dominated sedimentation during warmer periods. Detrital dolomite-rich carbonate is rare in our samples, indicating a limited surging of Laurentide ice-sheet off Hudson Strait, or alternatively that icebergs from this region did not survive transport to Site U1314. This observation indicates that more proximal ice-sheets may have served as source for the icerafted debris (IRD) released during massive discharge of icebergs
Samples from IODP Site U1314, drilled in the Gardar Drift formation (subpolar North Atlantic), were studied to determine which processes mainly rule terrigenous sedimentation from continents in this area and to fingerprint the source of such lithic material. For this purpose, we performed a geochemical and mineralogical study using total digestion on bulk sediment samples and X-ray diffraction, and a lithological and micropaleontological study in the coarse fraction component (>150 μm) between ~ 830-779 ka (Marine Isotope Stages 21-19). With this approach, we were able to determine that quartz, plagioclase, phyllosilicates, coarse lithic fragments (mainly quartz and volcanic material), and some trace dolomite, were released to the ocean during episodic ice-sheet advance/retreat sequences, while biogenic calcite and feldspar dominated sedimentation during warmer periods. Detrital dolomite-rich carbonate is rare in our samples, indicating a limited surging of Laurentide ice-sheet off Hudson Strait, or alternatively that icebergs from this region did not survive transport to Site U1314. This observation indicates that more proximal ice-sheets may have served as source for the icerafted debris (IRD) released during massive discharge of icebergs







