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Brathauer, Uta; Abelmann, Andrea (1999): Sea surface temperature reconstructions of sediment cores from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.732325, Supplement to: Brathauer, U; Abelmann, A (1999): Late Quaternary variations in sea surface temperatures and their relationship to orbital forcing recorded in the Southern Ocean (Atlantic sector). Paleoceanography, 14(2), 135-148, https://doi.org/10.1029/1998PA900020

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Abstract:
Late Quaternary summer sea surface temperatures (SSTs) have been derived from radiolarian assemblages in the East Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. In the subantarctic and the polar frontal zone, glacial SSTs (oxygen isotope stages 2, 4, 6, and 8) were 3°-5°C cooler than today, indicating northward displacements of the isotherms about 2°-4° of latitudes. During interglacials, SSTs almost reached modern levels (oxygen isotope stages 7 and 9) or exceeded them by 2°-3°C (oxygen isotope stages 1 and 5.5). In the subantarctic Atlantic Ocean, changes in SST and calcium carbonate content of the sediment precede variations in global ice volume in the range of the main Milankovitch frequencies. Comparisons with the timing of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) proxy records suggests that this early response in the subantarctic Atlantic Ocean is not triggered by the flux of NADW to the Southern Ocean.
Project(s):
Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI (AWI_Paleo)
South Atlantic in Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Budget and Currents (SFB261)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -47.082273 * Median Longitude: -4.553890 * South-bound Latitude: -49.013330 * West-bound Longitude: -12.700000 * North-bound Latitude: -43.220160 * East-bound Longitude: 11.738330
Date/Time Start: 1989-11-18T15:44:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-04-03T16:03:00
Event(s):
PS1778-5 (PS16/345) * Latitude: -49.013330 * Longitude: -12.700000 * Date/Time: 1989-11-18T15:44:00 * Elevation: -3407.0 m * Recovery: 12.71 m * Location: Atlantic Ridge * Campaign: ANT-VIII/3 (PS16) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Gravity corer (Kiel type) (SL) * Comment: 13 core sections: 0-0.8, 0.8-1.8, 1.8-2.8, 2.8-3.8, 3.8-4.8, 4.8-5.8, 5.8-6.81, 6.81-7.82, 7.82-8.81, 8.81-9.81, 9.81-10.81, 10.81-11.71, 11.71-12.71 m
PS2082-1 (PS18/238) * Latitude: -43.220160 * Longitude: 11.738330 * Date/Time: 1991-04-03T16:03:00 * Elevation: -4610.0 m * Penetration: 15 m * Recovery: 13.91 m * Location: Agulhas Basin * Campaign: ANT-IX/4 (PS18) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Gravity corer (Kiel type) (SL) * Comment: 14 core sections: 0.04-0.96, 0.96-1.96, 1.96-2.96, 2.96-3.96, 3.96-4.95, 4.95-5.95, 5.95-6.95, 6.95-7.95, 7.95-8.95, 8.95-9.91, 9.91-10.91, 10.91-11.91, 11.91-12.91, 12.91-13.91 m; 15 m Lot, 0-4 cm missing
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Brathauer, U; Abelmann, A (1999): Age model of sediment core PS1778-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.55098
  2. Brathauer, U; Abelmann, A (1999): Summer sea surface temperature estimates for sediment core PS1778-5. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.55097
  3. Brathauer, U; Abelmann, A (1999): Summer sea surface temperature estimates for sediment core PS2082-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.125853