Pollen analyses of sediment core GeoB1711-4 in the eastern South Atlantic

• Main Authors: Shi, Ning, Schneider, Ralph R, Beug, Hans-Jürgen, Dupont, Lydie M
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2001
• Subjects: GeoB; GeoB1711; GeoB1711-4; Geosciences; University of Bremen; Gravity corer (Kiel type); M20/2; Meteor (1986); Namibia continental slope; SL; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.735726; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.735726

Influx of aeolian pollen trapped in marine sediments off Namibia provides a wind variation record for the last 135 kyr. The influx of major pollen components is derived from the southwest African desert/semi-desert zone and shows six periods during which enhanced southeast trade winds contributed to...