TY - JOUR
T1 - Sea surface temperature record of a Late Cretaceous tropical Southern Tethys upwelling system
AU - Alsenz, Heiko
AU - Regnery, Julia
AU - Ashckenazi-Polivoda, Sarit
AU - Meilijson, Aaron
AU - Ron-Yankovich, Libby
AU - Abramovich, Sigal
AU - Illner, Peter
AU - Almogi-Labin, Ahuva
AU - Feinstein, Shimon
AU - Berner, Zsolt
AU - Püttmann, Wilhelm
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support of this study by GIF—The German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development , grant no. 956-38.8/2007 and by the LOEWE funding program (Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung wissenschaftlich-ökonomischer Exzellenz) of Hesses's Ministry of higher Education, Research, and Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2013/12/15
Y1 - 2013/12/15
N2 - Late Cretaceous sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were reconstructed based on TEX86 data from the unique high productivity upwelling system in the Southern Tethys margin, Israel. SSTs were determined from two oil shale sequences of the Santonian-early Maastrichtian (~85 to 68Ma) in southern (Efe Syncline) and central (Shefela basin) Israel (paleo latitude 8-15°N). These two sampling sites represent the inner and outer belts of the upwelling system. Our TEX86 data indicate a significant long-term SST cooling trend from 36.0 to 29.3°C during the late Santonian and the early Campanian in the Southern Tethys margin consistent with the opening of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (EAG).Based on our data from the equatorial region and literature data from the polar region we reassessed the equator to pole SST gradient to 22. °C. This value is closer to the modern ocean equator-to-pole SST gradient (30. °C) than suggested from previous studies.Furthermore, the SST data suggests the presence of cooler surface water in the inner belt (27.7. °C) caused by the upwelling system and warmer surface water (29.2. °C) further seaward in the outer belt.
AB - Late Cretaceous sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were reconstructed based on TEX86 data from the unique high productivity upwelling system in the Southern Tethys margin, Israel. SSTs were determined from two oil shale sequences of the Santonian-early Maastrichtian (~85 to 68Ma) in southern (Efe Syncline) and central (Shefela basin) Israel (paleo latitude 8-15°N). These two sampling sites represent the inner and outer belts of the upwelling system. Our TEX86 data indicate a significant long-term SST cooling trend from 36.0 to 29.3°C during the late Santonian and the early Campanian in the Southern Tethys margin consistent with the opening of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (EAG).Based on our data from the equatorial region and literature data from the polar region we reassessed the equator to pole SST gradient to 22. °C. This value is closer to the modern ocean equator-to-pole SST gradient (30. °C) than suggested from previous studies.Furthermore, the SST data suggests the presence of cooler surface water in the inner belt (27.7. °C) caused by the upwelling system and warmer surface water (29.2. °C) further seaward in the outer belt.
KW - Late Cretaceous upwelling system
KW - Late Santonian cooling
KW - Sea surface temperature
KW - Southern Tethys
KW - TEX
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84886770447&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.09.013
DO - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.09.013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84886770447
SN - 0031-0182
VL - 392
SP - 350
EP - 358
JO - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
JF - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
ER -