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Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1025-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1025-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
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12 May 2021
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Deoxygenation dynamics on the western Nile deep-sea fan during sapropel S1 from seasonal to millennial timescales

Cécile L. Blanchet, Rik Tjallingii, Anja M. Schleicher, Stefan Schouten, Martin Frank, and Achim Brauer

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XRF elemental contents of sediment core POS362-2_33 C. Blanchet, R. Tjallingii, A. M. Schleicher, S. Schouten, M. Frank, and A. Brauer https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930758

XRF elemental contents of sediment core POS362-2_99 C. Blanchet, R. Tjallingii, A. M. Schleicher, S. Schouten, M. Frank, and A. Brauer https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930760

XRF elemental contents of sediment core POS362-2_73 C. Blanchet, R. Tjallingii, A. M. Schleicher, S. Schouten, M. Frank, and A. Brauer https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930765

Oxygen and carbon isotopes and biomarkers of sediment core POS362-2_33 C. Blanchet, R. Tjallingii, A. M. Schleicher, S. Schouten, M. Frank, and A. Brauer https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930775

Biomarkers of sediment core POS362-2_33 C. Blanchet, R. Tjallingii, A. M. Schleicher, S. Schouten, M. Frank, and A. Brauer https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930787

Biomarkers of sediment core POS362-2_99 C. Blanchet, R. Tjallingii, A. M. Schleicher, S. Schouten, M. Frank, and A. Brauer https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930794

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The Mediterranean Sea turned repeatedly into an oxygen-deprived basin during the geological past, as evidenced by distinct sediment layers called sapropels. We use here records of the last sapropel S1 retrieved in front of the Nile River to explore the relationships between riverine input and seawater oxygenation. We decipher the seasonal cycle of fluvial input and seawater chemistry as well as the decisive influence of primary productivity on deoxygenation at millennial timescales.
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