@article{fdi:010011982,
  title = {{F}aunal and geochemical evidence for changes in intermediate water temperature and salinity in the western {C}oral {S}ea (northeast {A}ustralia) during the late quaternary},
  author = {{C}orr{\`e}ge, {T}hierry and {D}e {D}eckker, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}stracod assemblages and geochemical analyses of valves of specific ostracod taxa are used to reconstruct, both qualitatively and quantitatively, bottom-water temperatures ({BWT}) for the last 1000,000 years in the western {C}oral {S}ea. {T}he investigated core (51{GC}21) is situated in the lower reaches of the {A}ntarctic {I}ntermediate {W}ater, at 1630 m water depth. {F}irst, we ran a {P}rincipal {C}oordinate {A}nalysis ({PC}o{A}) of 42 surfaces samples from the {C}oral {S}ea, and then compared fossil assemblages with results of the {PC}o{A}. {I}n addition, we selected well preserved specimens of the two genera #{K}rithe$ and #{B}ythocypris$ for {M}g/{C}a analyses. {T}he {M}g/{C}a is used to infer past changes in {BWT} for intermediate waters of the western {C}oral {S}ea ; results indicate large temperature fluctuations over the last 100,000 years. {O}f interest is the documentation that the {BWT} was similar to the present-day temperature during part of {I}sotope {S}tage 3. {C}omparison between our temperature record and the benthic foraminifer delta 18{O} record of core 51{GC}21, and with the delta 18{O} variations in seawater, as reconstructed by {L}abeyrie et al. (1987), allowed assesment of past changes in {BWT} salinity and density. {T}hus, we identify for the western {C}oral {S}ea three distinct periods on the basis of water mass density changes (i.e. for {I}sotope {S}tage 1, {S}tages 2, 3 and 4, and {S}tage 5). {O}ur temperature record also indicates a good correlation with the 60°{S} summer insolation calculations for the period between 25,000 yr {B}.{P}. and 75,000 yr {B}.{P}. {C}omparison of our results from this study with other records from the western {P}acific (the {O}ntong {J}ava {P}lateau in particular) reveal the role of {N}ew {G}uinea as an oceanographic barrier. {A} wet phase recorded on continental {A}ustralia coincides with our high bottom-water temperature record for isotopic {S}tage 3. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{QUATERNAIRE} ; {MILIEU} {MARIN} ; {TEMPERATURE} {DE} {SURFACE} ; {SALINITE} ; {FOSSILE} ; {GEOCHIMIE} ; {AUSTRALIE} {NORD} {EST}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}aleogeography, {P}aleoclimatology, {P}aleoecology},
  volume = {131},
  numero = {3-4},
  pages = {183--205},
  ISSN = {0031-0182},
  year = {1997},
  DOI = {10.1016/{S}0031-0182(97)00003-5},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010011982},
}