Planktonic foraminiferal faunas and stable isotope ratios of sediments from the Benguela Upwelling System ...

• Main Authors: Little, Mark G, Schneider, Ralph R, Kroon, Dick, Price, B, Bickert, Torsten, Wefer, Gerold
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1997
• Subjects: Gravity corer Kiel type; Giant box corer; M20/2; Meteor 1986; Geosciences, University of Bremen GeoB; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.734360; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.734360

Two sediment cores retrieved from the continental slope in the Benguela Upwelling System, GeoB 1706 (19°33.7'S 11°10.5'E) and GeoB 1711 (23°18.9'S, 12°22.6'E), reveal striking variations in planktonic foraminiferal abundances during the last 160,000 years. These fluctuations are investigated to assess changes in the intensity and position of the upwelling centres off Namibia. Four species make up over 95% of the variation within the core, and enable the record to be divided into episodes characterized by particular planktonic foraminiferal assemblages. The fossil assemblages have meaningful ecological significance when compared to those of the modern day and the relationship to their environment. The cold-water planktonic foraminifer, Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistral [N. pachyderma (s)], dominates the modern-day, coastal upwelling centres, and Neogloboquadrina pachyderma dextral and Globigerina bulloides characterize the fringes of the upwelling cells. Globorotalia inflata is representative of the ... : Supplement to: Little, Mark G; Schneider, Ralph R; Kroon, Dick; Price, B; Bickert, Torsten; Wefer, Gerold (1997): Rapid paleoceanographic changes in the Benguela Upwelling System for the last 160,000 years as indicated by abundances of planktonic foraminifera. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 130(1-4), 135-161 ...