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Weldeab, Syee; Schneider, Ralph R; Kölling, Martin; Wefer, Gerold (2005): Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerinoides ruber of sediment core GeoB4905-4 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738242, Supplement to: Weldeab, S et al. (2005): Holocene African droughts relate to eastern equatorial Atlantic cooling. Geology, 33(12), 981-984, https://doi.org/10.1130/G21874.1

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Abstract:
Here we present evidence that the Holocene African monsoon system (AMS) varied in response to the eastern equatorial Atlantic sea-surface temperature (SST). Several short-term episodes of decreased moisture availability as a result of low eastern equatorial Atlantic SST are suggested by planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios. These episodes promoted a weakening of the AMS and thus determined the timing and intensity of arid periods. Local sea-surface salinities also reveal regional patterns of precipitation in equatorial western Africa. The high eastern equatorial Atlantic SSTs occur in concert with seasonally increased insolation at low latitudes, suggesting a strong response of African monsoonal precipitation to oceanic conditions at low latitudes.
Project(s):
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)
Geosciences, University of Bremen (GeoB)
Coverage:
Latitude: 2.500000 * Longitude: 9.390000
Date/Time Start: 1998-03-01T06:48:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-03-01T06:48:00
Event(s):
GeoB4905-4 * Latitude: 2.500000 * Longitude: 9.390000 * Date/Time: 1998-03-01T06:48:00 * Elevation: -1328.0 m * Recovery: 12.18 m * Location: off Cameroon * Campaign: M41/1 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Gravity corer (Kiel type) (SL) * Comment: CC: dark olive hemipelagic mud
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Weldeab, S; Schneider, RR; Kölling, M et al. (2005): (Table DR2) Results of Mg/Ca and δ¹⁸O analyses (Globigerinoides ruber pink), calculated Mg/Ca-SST, local d18Osw and SSS of sediment core GeoB4905-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.418049
  2. Weldeab, S; Schneider, RR; Kölling, M et al. (2005): (Table DR1) Age control points for the age model of sediment core GeoB4905-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.415810