SPECTRAL ANALYSIS BASED ON DATA OF DIFFERENT GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF A CORE FROM SEBKHA ENNOUAL, SOUTHEASTERN TUNISIA: HOLOCENE SUN-DRIVEN CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY
ELHOUCINE ESSEFI *
Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Gabes, Tunisia.
SOUMAYA HAJJI
Water-Energy-Environment Laboratory, Tunisia.
SANA BEDOUI
Laboratory for the Application of Materials to the Environment, Water and Energy (LAMEEE), Faculty of Sciences of Gafsa, University of Gafsa, Tunisia and Higher Institute of Water Sciences and Techniques of Gabes, University of Gabes, 6072 Zrig, Gabes, Tunisia.
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Abstract
The aim of this work is to investigate the sedimentary cycles recorded along a 160 cm core carried out at the Ennoual wetland. Sampling had taken place every 2 cm in order to reucperate 80 samples. The Holocene cyclostratigraphy is controlled by the solar activity. It is Sun-driven. The spectral analysis visualizes obvious cycles probably having astronomical, atmospheric and oceanographic origins. On the one hand, based on the spectral analysis of Na and K values, millennial cycles of ≈ 2500 yr, and 1000 yr related to solar forcing are found out. On the other hand, the 1500 yr cycle is related to thermohaline circulation is extracted from the spectral analysis of Ca values.
Keywords: Magnetic susceptibility, cyclostratigraphy, geochemistry, sebkha Ennoual, southeastern