Diatom abundance index and biogenic opal content for ODP Leg 175 holes

• Main Authors: Lange, Carina Beatriz, Berger, Wolfgang H, Lin, Hui-Ling, Wefer, Gerold, Shipboard Scientific Party
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1999
• Subjects: 175-1081A; 175-1082A; 175-1083A; 175-1084A; 175-1085A; Benguela Current; South Atlantic Ocean; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg175; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.735178; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.735178

Several sites of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 175 between 20° and 30°S (1081, 1082, 1083, 1084 and 1085) in the Benguela Current system show a distinct opal (and diatom) maximum within the late Pliocene and early Quaternary, spanning the lower half of the Matuyama reversed polarity Chron (MDM, Matuyam...