Rock magnetic, element, and color data of three sediment cores along the Senegalese continental margin

We present a suite of new high-resolution records (0-135 ka) representing pulses of aeolian, fluvial, and biogenic sedimentation along the Senegalese continental margin. A multiproxy approach based on rock magnetic, element, and color data was applied on three cores enclosing the present-day norther...

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Main Authors: Itambi, Achakie C, von Dobeneck, Tilo, Mulitza, Stefan, Bickert, Torsten, Heslop, David
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2010
Subjects:
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Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
GeoB9506-1
GeoB9516-5
GeoB9527-5
Gravity corer (Kiel type)
M65/1
MARUM
Meteor (1986)
SL
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.734826
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.734826
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Summary:We present a suite of new high-resolution records (0-135 ka) representing pulses of aeolian, fluvial, and biogenic sedimentation along the Senegalese continental margin. A multiproxy approach based on rock magnetic, element, and color data was applied on three cores enclosing the present-day northern limit of the ITCZ. A strong episodic aeolian contribution driven by stronger winds and dry conditions and characterized by high hematite and goethite input was revealed north of 13°N. These millennial-scale dust fluxes are synchronous with North Atlantic Heinrich stadials. Fluvial clay input driven by the West African monsoon predominates at 12°N and varies at Dansgaard-Oeschger time scales while marine productivity is strongly enhanced during the African humid periods and marine isotope stage 5. From latitudinal signal variations, we deduce that the last glacial ITCZ summer position was located between core positions at 12°26' and 13°40'N. Furthermore, this work also shows that submillennial periods of aridity over northwest Africa occurred more frequently and farther south than previously thought.

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