Pleistocene sedimentation in the Benguela Current, southeastern Atlantic

• Main Authors: Jahn, Britta, Donner, Barbara, Müller, Peter J, Röhl, Ursula, Schneider, Ralph R, Wefer, Gerold
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2003
• Subjects: 175-1082A; 175-1082B; 175-1082C; Benguela Current; South Atlantic Ocean; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; GeoB; Geosciences; University of Bremen; Joides Resolution; Leg175; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; XRF core scanner; Planktonic foraminifera; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.703973; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.703973

We infer variations in paleoproductivity and eolian input at ODP Site 1082 in the Walvis Basin from stable oxygen isotope compositions of the planktonic foraminifera Globorotalia inflata, total organic carbon mass accumulation rates (TOC MAR), and X-ray fluorescence analyses of Fe content. The most...