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A 300 000-year record of cold-water coral mound build-up at the East Melilla Coral Province (SE Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean)
Robin Fentimen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700,
Switzerland
present address: Réserves Naturelles de France – Antenne Littorale,
Terre Plein de l'Ecluse, 50400, Granville, France
Eline Feenstra
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700,
Switzerland
Andres Rüggeberg
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700,
Switzerland
Efraim Hall
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700,
Switzerland
Valentin Rime
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700,
Switzerland
Torsten Vennemann
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne,
Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Irka Hajdas
Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8093,
Switzerland
Antonietta Rosso
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences,
University of Catania, Catania, 95128, Italy
David Van Rooij
Department of Geology, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
Thierry Adatte
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne,
Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Hendrik Vogel
Institute of Geological Sciences and Oeschger Centre for Climate
Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Norbert Frank
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg,
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Anneleen Foubert
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 1700,
Switzerland
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Short summary
The investigation of a 9 m long sediment core recovered at ca. 300 m water depth demonstrates that cold-water coral mound build-up within the East Melilla Coral Province (southeastern Alboran Sea) took place during both interglacial and glacial periods. Based on the combination of different analytical methods (e.g. radiometric dating, micropaleontology), we propose that corals never thrived but rather developed under stressful environmental conditions.
The investigation of a 9 m long sediment core recovered at ca. 300 m water depth demonstrates...
