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Romero, Oscar E; Mollenhauer, Gesine; Schneider, Ralph R; Wefer, Gerold (2003): High resolution study of sediment core GeoB3606-1 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.779190, Supplement to: Romero, OE et al. (2003): Oscillations of the siliceous imprint in the central Benguela Upwelling System from MIS3 through the early Holocene: the influence of the Southern Ocean. Journal of Quaternary Science, 18(8), 733-743, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.789

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Abstract:
Based on a high-resolution analysis of the diatom signal and biogenic bulk components at site GeoB3606-1 (25°S, off Namibia), we describe rapid palaeoceanographic changes in the Benguela Upwelling System (BUS) from early MIS 3 through to the early Holocene (55 000 to 7 000 14C yr BP). Coastal upwelling strongly varied at 25°S from MIS 3 through to MIS 2. The abrupt decrease in the accumulation rate of biogenic silica and diatoms from MIS 3 into MIS 2 records rapid oceanographic changes in the BUS off Namibia. During MIS 3, leakage of excess H4SiO4 acid from the Southern Ocean into low-latitude surface waters, as indicated by the occurrence of Antarctic diatoms, enhanced the production of spores of Chaetoceros at the expense of calcareous phytoplankton. Furthermore, shallower Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) would have enriched the thermocline off Namibia with silicate transported from the Southern Ocean. The strong decrease of the siliceous signal throughout MIS 2 represents a decrease in the nutrient input to the BUS, even though the diatom assemblage is still dominated by spores of the upwelling-associated diatom genus Chaetoceros. Depletion of silicate in the thermocline from the onset of MIS 2 through to the early Holocene reflects the shutdown of AAIW injection from the Southern Ocean into the BUS, causing upwelled waters to become reduced in silicate, hence less favourable for diatom production. The deglaciation and early Holocene are characterised by the replacement of the upwelling-associated flora by a non-upwelling-related diatom community, reflecting weakened upwelling, retraction of the seaward extension of the chlorophyll filament off Lüderitz, and dominance of warmer waters.
Project(s):
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)
Geosciences, University of Bremen (GeoB)
Coverage:
Latitude: -25.466667 * Longitude: 13.083333
Date/Time Start: 1996-01-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-01-15T00:00:00
Event(s):
GeoB3606-1 * Latitude: -25.466667 * Longitude: 13.083333 * Date/Time: 1996-01-15T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1785.0 m * Recovery: 10.74 m * Location: Northern Cape Basin * Campaign: M34/1 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Gravity corer (Kiel type) (SL) * Comment: CC: olive green mud. Forams. Pellets
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Romero, OE; Mollenhauer, G; Schneider, RR et al. (2003): Radiocarbon (14C) AMS dating of sediment core GeoB3606-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.80893
  2. Romero, OE; Mollenhauer, G; Schneider, RR et al. (2003): Bulk components and diatoms of sediment core GeoB3606-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.92223
  3. Romero, OE; Mollenhauer, G; Schneider, RR et al. (2003): Relative abundance of diatom groups of sediment core GeoB3606-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.89469
  4. Romero, OE; Mollenhauer, G; Schneider, RR et al. (2003): Stable isotopes (δ¹⁸O) of sediment core GeoB3606-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.121907