Long-term vegetation, climate and ocean dynamics inferred from a 73,500 years old marine sediment core (GeoB2107-3) off southern Brazil

F Gu, KAF Zonneveld, CM Chiessi, HW Arz… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Long-term changes in vegetation and climate of southern Brazil, as well as ocean dynamics
of the adjacent South Atlantic, were studied by analyses of pollen, spores and organic …

Multiproxy reconstruction of late quaternary upper ocean temperature in the subtropical southwestern Atlantic

JF Cruz, I Bouloubassi, A Huguet… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Paleoceanographic studies addressing the oceanographic variability in the western sector
of the subtropical South Atlantic-especially those focused on the Brazil Current (BC) and on …

Productivity evolution in the south Brazilian bight during the last 40,000 years

LS Pereira, HW Arz, J Pätzold… - Paleoceanography …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Marine productivity largely controls the oceanic uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide and
contributed to the global climate changes that led to the termination of the last glacial cycle …

Methane release from the southern Brazilian margin during the last glacial

RC Portilho-Ramos, APS Cruz, CF Barbosa… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Seafloor methane release can significantly affect the global carbon cycle and climate.
Appreciable quantities of methane are stored in continental margin sediments as shallow …

A Comparison Study of Mg/Ca‐, Alkenone‐, and TEX86‐Derived Temperatures for the Brazilian Margin

A Bahr, A Jaeschke, A Hou, K Meier… - Paleoceanography …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reconstruction of accurate sea‐surface temperatures (SST) is of utmost importance due
to the ocean's central role in the global climate system. Yet, a number of environmental …

Understanding the mechanisms behind high glacial productivity in the southern Brazilian margin

RC Portilho-Ramos, TML Pinho, CM Chiessi… - Climate of the …, 2019 - cp.copernicus.org
This study explores the mechanisms behind the high glacial productivity in the southern
Brazilian margin (SBM) during the last 70 kyr using planktonic foraminifera assemblage and …

Surface fertilisation and organic matter delivery enhanced carbonate dissolution in the western South Atlantic

JY Suárez-Ibarra, TM Freire, CF Frozza… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The last glacial inception was characterised by rapid changes in temperature, atmospheric
pCO2, and changes in the water mass geometry of the major ocean basins. Although …

Offshore expansion of the Brazilian coastal upwelling zones during Marine Isotope Stage 5

DVO Lessa, TP Santos, IM Venancio… - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Paleoceanographic reconstructions in upwelling regions can provide relevant information
about changes in primary productivity, ocean–atmosphere interactions and the carbon …

Role of the tropical Atlantic for the interhemispheric heat transport during the last deglaciation

KJF Meier, A Bahr, CM Chiessi… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
During the last deglaciation abrupt millennial‐scale perturbations of the Atlantic Meridional
Overturning Circulation massively altered the interhemispheric heat distribution affecting, for …

Calcification depths of planktonic foraminifera from the southwestern Atlantic derived from oxygen isotope analyses of sediment trap material

IM Venancio, AL Belem, TP Santos, DO Lessa… - Marine …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a multi-year record of shell fluxes and δ 18 O of six planktonic foraminifera
species (Globigerinoides ruber pink, Globigerinoides ruber white, Trilobatus sacculifer …