Vink, Annemiek; Rühlemann, Carsten; Zonneveld, Karin A F; Mulitza, Stefan; Hüls, Matthias; Willems, Helmut (2001): Dinoflagellate cyst of sediment core M35003-4 southeast of Grenada [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.734812, Supplement to: Vink, A et al. (2001): Shifts in the Position of the North Equatorial Current and Rapid Productivity Changes in the western Tropical Atlantic during the Last Glacial. Paleoceanography, 16(5), 479-490, https://doi.org/10.1029/2000PA000582
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Abstract:
High-resolution, well-dated calcareous dinoflagellate cyst and organic carbon records from a 58 kyr sediment core (M35003-4) located southeast of the island of Grenada show that rapid and pronounced changes in cyst association and accumulation and organic carbon deposition occurred, controlled by (1) a significant southward shift in the position of the North Equatorial Current during the last glacial period and the Younger Dryas cold interval and (2) rapid changes in local productivity in marine isotopic stage 3 that are associated with variations in Orinoco River nutrient discharge and coastal upwelling strength. Prominent cyst accumulation peaks representing extremely oligotrophic and stratified thermocline conditions mimic the Greenland ice core and northern Atlantic Dansgaard/Oeschger stadials and Heinrich events. We provide new evidence for a coupled tropical/high-latitude Atlantic climate system during the last glacial period and suggest that changes in the zonality of the low-latitude winds may play an important role in modulating rapid interhemispheric climate variability.
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Vink, Annemiek (2000): Reconstruction of recent and late Quaternary surface water masses of the western subtropical Atlantic Ocean based on calcareous and organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. Berichte aus dem Fachbereich Geowissenschaften der Universität Bremen, 159, 160 pp, urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-ep000102797
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Latitude: 12.090000 * Longitude: -61.243333
Date/Time Start: 1996-04-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-04-19T00:00:00
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M35003-4 * Latitude: 12.090000 * Longitude: -61.243333 * Date/Time: 1996-04-19T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1299.0 m * Recovery: 9.63 m * Campaign: M35/1 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Gravity corer (Kiel type) (SL)
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- Vink, A; Rühlemann, C; Zonneveld, KAF et al. (2001): (Table 1) Age determination of sediment core M35003-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.734811
- Vink, A; Rühlemann, C; Zonneveld, KAF et al. (2001): Dinoflagellate cyst counts of sediment core M35003-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.56155