Temperature and salinity reconstruction for sediment core GeoB3313-1

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We reconstructed changes of temperature, salinity, and productivity within the southern Peru-Chile Current during the last 8000 years from a high-resolution sediment core recovered at 41°S using alkenones, isotope ratios of planktic foraminifera, biogenic opal, and organic carbon. Paleotemperatures and paleosalinities reached maximum values at ~5500 years ago and thereafter declined to modern values, whereas paleoproductivity continuously increased throughout the last 8000 years. We ascribe these long-term Holocene trends primarily to latitudinal shifts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). The concurrence with shifts in the position of the Southern Westerlies points to a common response of atmospheric and oceanographic circulation patterns off southern Chile. Millennial- to centennial-scale fluctuations of paleotemperatures and paleosalinities, on the other hand, lag displacements in the position of the Southern Westerlies but reveal a significant correlation to short-term temperature changes in Antarctica, indicating a high-latitude control of the ACC at these timescales.

For chronostratigraphy and iron data see Lamy et al. (2001) datasets: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.735164

Supplement to: Lamy, Frank; Rühlemann, Carsten; Hebbeln, Dierk; Wefer, Gerold (2002): High- and low-latitude climate control on the position of the southern Peru-Chile Current during the Holocene. Paleoceanography, 17(2), 1028

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.735166
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1029/2001PA000727
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.735166
Provenance
Creator Lamy, Frank ORCID logo; Rühlemann, Carsten; Hebbeln, Dierk ORCID logo; Wefer, Gerold ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2002
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 3 datasets
Discipline Geosciences; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage (-74.450 LON, -41.000 LAT); South-East Pacific