Investigations of sediment cores GL-1248 and GeoB16202-2 to reveal changes in upper ocean stratification in the western equatorial Atlantic

• Main Authors: Venancio, Igor Martins, Mulitza, Stefan, Govin, Aline, Santos, Thiago Pereira dos, Lessa, Douglas Villela de Oliveira, Albuquerque, Ana Luiza Spadano, Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur, Tiedemann, Ralf, Vahlenkamp, Maximilian, Bickert, Torsten, Schulz, Michael
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2018
• Subjects: North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.895049; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.895049

Surface ocean circulation in the western equatorial Atlantic is mainly wind-driven and plays a major role for the transport of warm waters to the North Atlantic. Past changes in the strength and direction of the trade winds are well documented, but the response of the western equatorial Atlantic cir...