Gingele, Franz; Müller, Peter J; Schneider, Ralph R (1998): Clay mineralogy and organic carbon content of sediment core GeoB1401-4 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.729719, Supplement to: Gingele, F et al. (1998): Orbital forcing of freshwater input in the Zaire area - clay mineral evidence from the last 200 kyr. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 138(1-4), 17-26, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00121-1
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Abstract:
Late Quaternary sediments recovered in a core from the area of the Zaire Fan, Central Africa, were analyzed for clay mineral composition in order to reconstruct fluctuations in the sediment input and freshwater discharge of the Zaire River. Clay mineral assemblages are dominated by kaolinite and smectite, which both originate mainly from the Zaire River and contain only minor contributions of eolian dust. Smectite crystallinity and chemical character of illites (Fe, Mg- or Al-rich) are used to track sediment input from the Zaire River and assess fluctuations in the freshwater discharge. Both parameters record a high-latitude forcing of river runoff at 100 ka periodicities reflecting glacial aridity and increased runoff during interglacials 1, 5 and 7. This signal is also observed in kaolinite/smectite ratios which represent the extension and intensity of the freshwater plume of the Zaire River. Clay mineral proxies reveal that river discharge and associated sediment input fluctuated in tune with precessional cycles of African monsoon intensity. Increased eolian input of kaolinite-rich dust with intensified northeast trades during glacials flattens the precessional signal in kaolinite/smectite ratios.
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Latitude: -6.926167 * Longitude: 9.005667
Date/Time Start: 1991-03-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-03-29T00:00:00
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GeoB1401-4 * Latitude: -6.926167 * Longitude: 9.005667 * Date/Time: 1991-03-29T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3952.0 m * Recovery: 15.75 m * Location: Congo Fan * Campaign: M16/1 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Gravity corer (Kiel type) (SL)
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- Gingele, F; Müller, PJ; Schneider, RR (1998): (Fig. 4) Clay mineralogy of sediment core GeoB1401-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.52142
- Gingele, F; Müller, PJ; Schneider, RR (1998): (Fig. 3) Organic carbon content of sediment core of GeoB1401-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.52511