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 …

Secondary flow in contour currents controls the formation of moat-drift contourite systems

H Wilckens, JT Eggenhuisen, PH Adema… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Ocean currents control seafloor morphology and the transport of sediments, organic carbon,
nutrients, and pollutants in deep-water environments. A better connection between …

Physical drivers and dominant oceanographic processes on the Uruguayan margin (Southwestern Atlantic): a review and a conceptual model

L Burone, P Franco-Fraguas, A Carranza… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Uruguayan continental margin (UCM), located in the Southwestern Atlantic margin's
subtropical region, is positioned in a critical transitional region regarding the global ocean …

The erosive power of the Malvinas Current: Influence of bottom currents on morpho-sedimentary features along the northern Argentine margin (SW Atlantic Ocean)

H Wilckens, E Miramontes, T Schwenk, C Artana… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Sediment deposits formed mainly under the influence of bottom currents (contourites) are
widely used as high-resolution archives for reconstructing past ocean conditions. However …

Sedimentation on the southern Brazilian shelf mud depocenters: Insights on potential source areas

MM de Mahiques, RCL Figueira… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate the characteristics of the shelf mud depocenters off South Brazil,
between latitudes 27° 30′ S and 24° 30′ S. A combination of geochronological, textural …

Inorganic and organic geochemical fingerprinting of sediment sources and ocean circulation on a complex continental margin (São Paulo Bight, Brazil)

MM de Mahiques, TJJ Hanebuth, RH Nagai… - Ocean …, 2017 - os.copernicus.org
In this study, we use inorganic (metal) and organic (bulk and molecular) markers in sediment
samples of the south-eastern Brazilian margin to investigate the response of geochemical …

Late Quaternary environmental dynamics inferred from marine sediment core GeoB6211-2 off southern Brazil

F Gu, CM Chiessi, KAF Zonneveld, H Behling - Palaeogeography …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vegetation and climate changes in southern Brazil, as well as the dynamics of the adjacent
South Atlantic were investigated through the analyses of pollen, spores and dinocysts from …

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 …

A multi‐proxy approach to unravel late Pleistocene sediment flux and bottom water conditions in the western south Atlantic Ocean

GL Mathias, SC Roud, CM Chiessi… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic signals in deep‐sea sediments have the potential to unravel past continental
environmental changes, via changes in primary terrigenous magnetic supply, but also …

Deep pockmarks as natural sediment traps: a case study from southern Santos Basin (SW Atlantic upper slope)

RB Ramos, RF dos Santos, U Schattner… - Geo-Marine Letters, 2020 - Springer
This study examines the role of deep pockmarks in acting as natural sediment traps.
Multibeam bathymetry, single-channel seismic and sediment samples data were used for …