Valve concentration of Ethmodiscus sp. and carbon in sediment core GeoB3801-6

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Within generally calcareous sediment sequences, layers of variable thickness of the giant diatom Ethmodiscus were found in five cores recovered in the Subtropical South Atlantic between 23° and 33°S from both sides of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Two types of oozes occur: (almost) monospecific layers of Ethmodiscus and layers dominated by Ethmodiscus, with several accompanying tropical/subtropical, oligotrophic-water diatoms. The two thickest Ethmodiscus layers occur in GeoB3801-6 around 29°S, and accumulated during late MIS 14 and MIS 12, respectively. Downcore concentrations of Ethmodiscus valves range between 3.4 10 4 and 2.3 10 7 valves g -1. We discuss the ooze formation in the context of migration of frontal systems and changes in the thermohaline circulation. The occurrence of Ethmodiscus oozes in sediments underlying the present-day pelagic, low-nutrient waters is associated with a terminal event of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition at around 530 ka, when the ocean circulation rearranged after a period of reduced NADW production.

Supplement to: Romero, Oscar E; Schmieder, Frank (2006): Occurrence of thick Ethmodiscus oozes associated with a terminal Mid-Pleistocene Transition event in the oligotrophic subtropical South Atlantic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 235(4), 321-329

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.327024
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.10.026
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.327024
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Creator Romero, Oscar E ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2006
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 120 data points
Discipline Geosciences; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage (-8.305 LON, -29.512 LAT); Mid Atlantic Ridge