Razik, Sebastian; Dekkers, Mark J; von Dobeneck, Tilo (2014): A time-slice study in Heinrich Stadial 1 and Mid Holocene sediment cores off northern Senegal [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832180, Supplement to: Razik, S et al. (2014): How environmental magnetism can enhance the interpretational value of grain-size analysis: A time-slice study on sediment export to the NW African margin in Heinrich Stadial 1 and Mid Holocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 406, 33-48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.009
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Sediment dynamics in limnic, fluvial and marine environments can be assessed by granulometric and rock-magnetic methodologies. While classical grain-size analysis by sieving or settling mainly bears information on composition and transport, the magnetic mineral assemblages reflect to a larger extent the petrology and weathering conditions in the sediment source areas. Here, we combine both methods to investigate Late Quaternary marine sediments from five cores along a transect across the continental slope off Senegal. This region near the modern summer Intertropical Convergence Zone is particularly sensitive to climate change and receives sediments from several aeolian, fluvial and marine sources. From each of the investigated five GeoB sediment cores (494-2956 m water depth) two time slices were processed which represent contrasting climatic conditions: the arid Heinrich Stadial 1 (~ 15 kyr BP) and the humid Mid Holocene (~ 6 kyr BP). Each sediment sample was split into 16 grain-size fractions ranging from 1.6 to 500 µm. Concentration and grain-size indicative magnetic parameters (susceptibility, SIRM, HIRM, ARM and ARM/IRM) were determined at room temperature for each of these fractions. The joint consideration of whole sediment and magnetic mineral grain-size distributions allows to address several important issues: (i) distinction of two aeolian sediment fractions, one carried by the north-easterly trade winds (40-63 µm) and the other by the overlying easterly Harmattan wind (10-20 µm) as well as a fluvial fraction assigned to the Senegal River (< 10 µm); (ii) identification of three terrigenous sediment source areas: southern Sahara and Sahel dust (low fine-grained magnetite amounts and a comparatively high haematite content), dust from Senegalese coastal dunes (intermediate fine-grained magnetite and haematite contents) and soils from the upper reaches of the Senegal River (high fine-grained magnetite content); (iii) detection of partial diagenetic dissolution of fine magnetite particles as a function of organic input and shore distance; (iv) analysis of magnetic properties of marine carbonates dominating the grain-size fractions 63-500 µm.
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Date/Time Start: 2005-06-14T14:48:00 * Date/Time End: 2005-06-16T15:41:00
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- Razik, S; Dekkers, MJ; von Dobeneck, T (2014): (Figure 2a) Grain-size mass distributions as the cumulative sum derivative (spline of second order) of sieved and settled fractions. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832171
- Razik, S; Dekkers, MJ; von Dobeneck, T (2014): (Figure 2a) Sand, silt and clay distributions of sediment cores off northern Senegal. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832175
- Razik, S; Dekkers, MJ; von Dobeneck, T (2014): (Figure 2b-h) Magnetic measurements for the Heinrich Stadial 1 and Mid Holocen of sediment cores off northern Senegal. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832179
- Razik, S; Dekkers, MJ; von Dobeneck, T (2014): (Table 4) Masses and relative abundances of grain-size fractions from the Heinrich Stadial 1 time slice. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832163
- Razik, S; Dekkers, MJ; von Dobeneck, T (2014): (Table 5) Masses and relative abundances of grain-size fractions from the Mid Holocene time slice. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832166