Pollen and organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages of sediment core GeoB9503-5

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Autori principali: Bouimetarhan, Ilham, Dupont, Lydie M, Schefuß, Enno, Mollenhauer, Gesine, Mulitza, Stefan, Zonneveld, Karin A F
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author Bouimetarhan, Ilham
Dupont, Lydie M
Schefuß, Enno
Mollenhauer, Gesine
Mulitza, Stefan
Zonneveld, Karin A F
author_facet Bouimetarhan, Ilham
Dupont, Lydie M
Schefuß, Enno
Mollenhauer, Gesine
Mulitza, Stefan
Zonneveld, Karin A F
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Pollen and organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages from core GeoB 9503-5 retrieved from the mud-belt ( 50 m water depth) off the Senegal River mouth have been analyzed to reconstruct short-term palaeoceanographic and palaeoenvironmental changes in subtropical NW Africa during the time interval from ca. 4200 to 1200 cal yr BP. Our study emphasizes significant coeval changes in continental and oceanic environments in and off Senegal and shows that initial dry conditions were followed by a strong and rapid increase in humidity between ca. 2900 and 2500 cal yr BP. After ca. 2500 cal yr BP, the environment slowly became drier again as indicated by slight increases in Sahelian savannah and desert elements in the pollen record. Around ca. 2200 cal yr BP, this relatively dry period ended with periodic pulses of high terrigenous contributions and strong fluctuations in fern spore and river plume dinoflagellate cyst percentages as well as in the fluxes of pollen, dinoflagellate cysts, fresh-water algae and plant cuticles, suggesting "episodic flash flood" events of the Senegal River. The driest phase developed after about 2100 cal yr BP.
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spellingShingle Pollen and organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages of sediment core GeoB9503-5
Bouimetarhan, Ilham
Dupont, Lydie M
Schefuß, Enno
Mollenhauer, Gesine
Mulitza, Stefan
Zonneveld, Karin A F
288; Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; GeoB9503-5; Gravity corer (Kiel type); M65/1; MARUM; Meteor (1986); SL
Pollen and organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages from core GeoB 9503-5 retrieved from the mud-belt ( 50 m water depth) off the Senegal River mouth have been analyzed to reconstruct short-term palaeoceanographic and palaeoenvironmental changes in subtropical NW Africa during the time interval from ca. 4200 to 1200 cal yr BP. Our study emphasizes significant coeval changes in continental and oceanic environments in and off Senegal and shows that initial dry conditions were followed by a strong and rapid increase in humidity between ca. 2900 and 2500 cal yr BP. After ca. 2500 cal yr BP, the environment slowly became drier again as indicated by slight increases in Sahelian savannah and desert elements in the pollen record. Around ca. 2200 cal yr BP, this relatively dry period ended with periodic pulses of high terrigenous contributions and strong fluctuations in fern spore and river plume dinoflagellate cyst percentages as well as in the fluxes of pollen, dinoflagellate cysts, fresh-water algae and plant cuticles, suggesting "episodic flash flood" events of the Senegal River. The driest phase developed after about 2100 cal yr BP.
title Pollen and organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages of sediment core GeoB9503-5
topic 288; Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; GeoB9503-5; Gravity corer (Kiel type); M65/1; MARUM; Meteor (1986); SL
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.743078