Journal
QUATERNARY RESEARCH
Volume 70, Issue 3, Pages 382-391Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.02.011
Keywords
Eastern Mediterranean; Flood-related deposits; Convective sedimentation; Pluvial periods; Sapropels; Nile floods
Funding
- French Programme GDR Marges
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Clastic mud beds rich in continental organic matter are observed recurrently in the Nile deep-sea turbidite system. They formed during flooding periods of the river similar to those that induce sapropel formation and occurred during periods of increased density stratification of the eastern Mediterranean. The very fine-grained flood deposits are intercalated within pelagic sediments, sapropels and Bouma-type turbidites. These flood deposits form by the successive reconcentrations of surface (hypopycnal) plumes by convective sedimentation, which in turn generate a fine-grained low-energy hyperpycnal flow. Sea-level high stands seem also to favor hypopycnal plume formation and increase elastic mud bed formation. Consequently, these muddy elastic beds provide a direct link between deep-marine sedimentary records and continental climatic change through flood frequency and magnitude. (C) 2008 University of Washington. All rights reserved.
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