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Jahns, Susanne; Hüls, Matthias; Sarnthein, Michael (1998): Pollen record and dating of sediment core GIK16776-1 off Liberia [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.728710, Supplement to: Jahns, S et al. (1998): Vegetation and climate history of west equatorial Africa based on a marine pollen record off Liberia (site GIK 16776) covering the last 400,000 years. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 102(3-4), 277-288, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-6667(98)80010-9

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Abstract:
Based on pollen analysis of a sediment core from the Atlantic Ocean off Liberia the West African vegetation history for the last 400 ka is reconstructed. During the cold oxygen isotope stages 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2 an arid climate is indicated, resulting in a southward shifting of the southern border of the savanna. Late Pleistocene glacial stages were more arid than during the Middle Pleistocene. A persistence of the rain forest in the area, even during the glacial stages, is recorded. This suggests a glacial refuge of rain forest situated in the Guinean mountains. Afromontane forests with Podocarpus occurred in the Guinean mountains from the stages 12 to 2 and disappeared after. The tree expanded from higher to lower elevations twice in the warm oxygen isotope stage 11 (pollen subzones 11d, 11b) and at least twice during the warm stage 5 (pollen subzones 5d, 5a), indicating a relative cool but humid climate for these periods.
Project(s):
Institute for Geosciences, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel (GIK/IfG)
Coverage:
Latitude: 3.735000 * Longitude: -11.398333
Date/Time Start: 1988-01-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-01-25T00:00:00
Event(s):
GIK16776-1 * Latitude: 3.735000 * Longitude: -11.398333 * Date/Time: 1988-01-25T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4242.0 m * Recovery: 14.88 m * Location: off Liberia * Campaign: M6/5 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Piston corer (Kiel type) (KOL)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Jahns, S; Hüls, M; Sarnthein, M (1998): Age model of sediment core GIK16776-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.56134
  2. Jahns, S; Hüls, M; Sarnthein, M (1998): Pollen analysis of sediment core GIK16776-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.55005