This paper summarizes the nannoplankton biostratigraphy and the paleoenvironmental interpretations obtained from Leg 107 in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Marine sediments are ranging in age from late Tortonian to Recent.
The Mediterranean as a semiclosed adjacent sea of the Atlantic is strongly controlled by paleoceanographic changes in the Atlantic which are related to the global climatic evolution. This influence of the Atlantic is more pronounced in the western than in the eastern Mediterranean. The occurrence of sapropels and sapropelic layers also in the western Mediterranean was shown for the first time.
Supplement to: Müller, Carla (1990): Nannoplankton biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental interpretations from the Tyrrhenian Sea, ODP Leg 107 (western Mediterranean). In: Kastens, KA; Mascle, J; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 107, 495-512, doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.107.146.1990