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| Bayon, Germain; Schefuss, Enno; Dupont, Lydie; Borges, Alberto V.; Dennielou, Bernard; Lambert, Thibault; Mollenhauer, Gesine; Monin, Laurence; Ponzevera, Emmanuel; Skonieczny, Charlotte; Andre, Luc. |
| There is increasing evidence that abrupt vegetation shifts and large-scale erosive phases occurred in Central Africa during the third millennium before present. Debate exists as to whether these events were caused by climate change and/or intensifying human activities related to the Bantu expansion. In this study, we report on a multi-proxy investigation of a sediment core (KZR-23) recovered from the Congo submarine canyon. Our aim was to reconstruct climate, erosion and vegetation patterns in the Congo Basin for the last 10,000 yrs, with a particular emphasis on the late Holocene period. Samples of modern riverine suspended particulates were also analyzed to characterize sediment source geochemical signatures from across the Congo watershed. We find that... |
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Palavras-chave: Neodymium isotopes; Suspended particulates; Congo Basin; ENSO; Human land-use; Deforestation. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00463/57467/59747.pdf |
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| Lemaitre, Nolwenn; Planquette, Helene; Planchon, Frederic; Sarthou, Geraldine; Jacquet, Stephanie; Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Gourain, Arthur; Cheize, Marie; Monin, Laurence; Andre, Luc; Laha, Priya; Terryn, Herman; Dehairs, Frank. |
| The remineralisation of sinking particles by prokaryotic heterotrophic activities is important for controlling oceanic carbon sequestration. Here, we report mesopelagic particulate organic carbon (POC) remineralisation fluxes in the North Atlantic along the GEOTRACES-GA01 section (GEOVIDE cruise; May–June 2014) using the particulate biogenic barium (excess barium; Baxs) proxy. Important mesopelagic (100–1000 m) Baxs differences were observed along the transect depending on the intensity of past blooms, the phytoplankton community structure and the physical forcing, including downwelling. The subpolar province was characterized by the highest mesopelagic Baxs content (up to 727 pmol L−1), which was attributed to an intense bloom averaging 6 mg Chl-a m−3... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00412/52308/53075.pdf |
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