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Weber, Michael E; Kuhn, Gerhard; Sprenk, Daniela; Rolf, Christian; Ohlwein, Christian; Ricken, Werner (2012): Magnetic susceptibility of deep-sea cores from the Scotia Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.771904, Supplement to: Weber, ME et al. (2012): Dust transport from Patagonia to Antarctica - a new stratigraphic approach from the Scotia Sea and its implications for the last glacial cycle. Quaternary Science Reviews, 36, 177-188, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.016

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Abstract:
We studied two deep-sea cores from the Scotia Sea to reconstruct past atmospheric circulation in the southern hemisphere and to resolve a long-standing debate on the interpretation of magnetic susceptibility (MS) records in Southern Ocean (SO) sediment. High-sedimentation sites MD07-3134 (0.2 - 1.2 m/kyr) and MD07-3133 (0.3 - 2 m/kyr) cover the last 92.5 kyr and 36 kyr, respectively. Both exhibit a one-to-one coupling of the MS and Ca2+ signal to the non-sea salt (nss) Ca2+ signal of the EDML ice core, clearly identifying atmospheric circulation as means of distribution. Comparison of additional proxies also excludes major influence by volcanic sources, sea-ice, icebergs, or oceanic current transport. The close resemblance of the dust proxies over the last glacial cycle, in turn, allows for the establishment of an age model of unprecedented resolution and precision for SO deep-sea sediment because atmospheric transport involves no major leads or lags. This is of particular importance because MS is routinely measured on deep-sea cores in the SO but the sediments usually lack biogenic carbonate and therefore had only limited stratigraphic control so far.
Southern South America (SSA) is the likely source of eolian material because Site MD07-3133, located closer to the continent, has slightly higher MS values than Site MD07-3134, and also the MS record of Patagonian Site SALSA shows comparable variability. Patagonia was the dust source for both the Scotia Sea and East Antarctica. Dust fluxes were several times higher during glacial times, when atmospheric circulation was either stronger or shifted in latitude, sea level was lowered, shelf surfaces were exposed, and environmental conditions in SSA were dominated by glaciers and extended outwash plains. Hence, MS records of SO deep-sea sediment are reliable tracers of atmospheric circulation, allowing for chronologically-constrained reconstructions of the circum Antarctic paleoclimate history.
Project(s):
International Marine Global Change Study (IMAGES)
Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI (AWI_Paleo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -58.427400 * Median Longitude: -42.465400 * South-bound Latitude: -59.410800 * West-bound Longitude: -43.457800 * North-bound Latitude: -57.444000 * East-bound Longitude: -41.473000
Date/Time Start: 2007-03-05T17:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2007-03-06T16:10:00
Event(s):
MD07-3133 * Latitude: -57.444000 * Longitude: -43.457800 * Date/Time: 2007-03-05T17:30:00 * Elevation: -3103.0 m * Recovery: 32.8 m * Campaign: MD160 (OOMPH, SUBCLIMATE) * Basis: Marion Dufresne (1995) * Method/Device: Calypso Corer II (CALYPSO2) * Comment: 2 core catcher samples; top 20-30 cm missing
MD07-3134 * Latitude: -59.410800 * Longitude: -41.473000 * Date/Time: 2007-03-06T16:10:00 * Elevation: -3663.0 m * Recovery: 58.08 m * Campaign: MD160 (OOMPH, SUBCLIMATE) * Basis: Marion Dufresne (1995) * Method/Device: Calypso Corer II (CALYPSO2) * Comment: 1 core catcher sample
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  1. Weber, ME; Kuhn, G; Sprenk, D et al. (2012): (Table 3) Age model of sediment core MD07-3133. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.771902
  2. Weber, ME; Kuhn, G; Sprenk, D et al. (2012): (Table 4) Magnetic susceptibility of sediment core MD07-3133. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.771903
  3. Weber, ME; Kuhn, G; Sprenk, D et al. (2012): (Table 1) Age model of sediment core MD07-3134. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.771900
  4. Weber, ME; Kuhn, G; Sprenk, D et al. (2012): (Table 2) Linear sedimentation rates, bulk accumulation rates, magnetic susceptibility, sediment color b* and paleointensities of sediment core MD07-3134. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.771915