10.1594/PANGAEA.818089
Bender, Vera Barbara
Vera Barbara
Bender
0000-0002-4331-462X
Hanebuth, Till J J
Till J J
Hanebuth
0000-0002-2833-3320
Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur
Cristiano Mazur
Chiessi
0000-0003-3318-8022
Multi-proxy analyses of sediment core GeoB13801-2
PANGAEA
2013
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)
2009-05-20T16:10:00
en
Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets
10.1002/palo.20044
5 datasets
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Over the Uruguayan shelf and uppermost slope the coalescence of northward flowing Subantarctic Shelf Water and southward flowing Subtropical Shelf Water forms a distinct thermohaline front termed the Subtropical Shelf Front (STSF). Running in a SW direction diagonally across the shelf from the coastal waters at 32°S towards the shelf break at ca. 36°S, the STSF represents the shelf-ward extension of the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence zone. This study reconstructs latitudinal STSF shifts during the Holocene based on benthic foraminifera d18O and d13C, total organic carbon, carbonate contents, Ti/Ca, and grain-size distribution from a high-accumulation sedimentary record located at an uppermost continental-slope terrace.
Our data provide direct evidence for: (1) a southern STSF position (to the South of the core site) at the beginning of the early Holocene (>9.4 cal ka BP) linked to a more southerly position of the Southern Westerly Winds in combination with restricted shelf circulation intensity due to lower sea level; (2) a gradual STSF northward migration (bypassing the core site towards the North) primarily forced by the northward migration of the Southern Westerly Winds from 9.4 cal ka BP onwards; (3) a relatively stable position of the front in the interval between 7.2 and 4.0 cal ka BP; (4) millennial-scale latitudinal oscillations close to 36°S of the STSF after 4.0 cal ka BP probably linked to the intensification in El Niño Southern Oscillation; and (5) a southward migration of the STSF during the last 200 years possibly linked to anthropogenic influences on the atmosphere.
Supplement to: Bender, Vera Barbara; Hanebuth, Till J J; Chiessi, Cristiano Mazur (2013): Holocene shifts of the Subtropical Shelf Front off southeastern South America controlled by high and low latitude atmospheric forcings. Paleoceanography
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