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Bender, Vera Barbara; Hanebuth, Till J J; Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur (2013): Multi-proxy analyses of sediment core GeoB13801-2 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818089, Supplement to: Bender, VB et al. (2013): Holocene shifts of the Subtropical Shelf Front off southeastern South America controlled by high and low latitude atmospheric forcings. Paleoceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/palo.20044

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Published: 2013-08-16 • DOI registered: 2013-09-16

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Abstract:
Over the Uruguayan shelf and uppermost slope the coalescence of northward flowing Subantarctic Shelf Water and southward flowing Subtropical Shelf Water forms a distinct thermohaline front termed the Subtropical Shelf Front (STSF). Running in a SW direction diagonally across the shelf from the coastal waters at 32°S towards the shelf break at ca. 36°S, the STSF represents the shelf-ward extension of the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence zone. This study reconstructs latitudinal STSF shifts during the Holocene based on benthic foraminifera d18O and d13C, total organic carbon, carbonate contents, Ti/Ca, and grain-size distribution from a high-accumulation sedimentary record located at an uppermost continental-slope terrace.
Our data provide direct evidence for: (1) a southern STSF position (to the South of the core site) at the beginning of the early Holocene (>9.4 cal ka BP) linked to a more southerly position of the Southern Westerly Winds in combination with restricted shelf circulation intensity due to lower sea level; (2) a gradual STSF northward migration (bypassing the core site towards the North) primarily forced by the northward migration of the Southern Westerly Winds from 9.4 cal ka BP onwards; (3) a relatively stable position of the front in the interval between 7.2 and 4.0 cal ka BP; (4) millennial-scale latitudinal oscillations close to 36°S of the STSF after 4.0 cal ka BP probably linked to the intensification in El Niño Southern Oscillation; and (5) a southward migration of the STSF during the last 200 years possibly linked to anthropogenic influences on the atmosphere.
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Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)
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Latitude: -36.141500 * Longitude: -53.286000
Date/Time Start: 2009-05-20T16:10:00 * Date/Time End: 2009-05-20T16:10:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Bender, VB; Hanebuth, TJJ; Chiessi, CM (2013): (Figure 3) Calcium/Titanium ratio from the upper 360 cm of sediment core GeoB13801-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818088
  2. Bender, VB; Hanebuth, TJJ; Chiessi, CM (2013): (Figure 3) Bulk and terrigenous sand, silt and clay contents of sediment core GeoB13801-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818086
  3. Bender, VB; Hanebuth, TJJ; Chiessi, CM (2013): Cibicides mckannai stable oxygen and carbon isotopic data of sediment core GeoB13801-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818085
  4. Bender, VB; Hanebuth, TJJ; Chiessi, CM (2013): Total organic carbon and calcium carbonate contents of sediment core GeoB13801-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818043
  5. Bender, VB; Hanebuth, TJJ; Chiessi, CM (2013): (Table 1) Radiocarbon datings and calibrated ages of sediment core GeoB13801-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818035