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| Aracena, Claudia; Kilian, Rolf; Lange, Carina B.; Bertrand, Sebastien; Lamy, Frank; Arz, Helge W.; De Pol-holz, Ricardo; Baeza, Oscar; Pantoja, Silvio; Kissel, Catherine. |
| One of the most important factors controlling fjord primary production in southernmost Patagonia is the variability in the thermohaline structure of the water column. In the present-day environment, thermal stratification is mostly related to freshwater input and in particular, the seasonal melting of glaciers. Here we assess whether this relation between fjord productivity and freshwater input holds true for the Holocene, using a sediment record from the central basin of the Strait of Magellan (core MD07-3132, 53°44.17′S; 70°19.03′W, 301 m). Our approach relies on a proxy-based reconstruction of fjord sea surface temperature (alkenone SST), paleosalinity, freshwater input, and paleoproductivity. The results indicate that, during the early Holocene, the... |
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Palavras-chave: Strait of Magellan; Holocene; Paleoproductivity; Thermohaline conditions. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00294/40518/39325.pdf |
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| Bertrand, Sebastien; Hughen, Konrad A.; Sepulveda, Julio; Pantoja, Silvio. |
| The Patagonian fjords have a clear potential to provide high-resolution sedimentary and geochemical records of past climate and environmental change in the Southern Andes. To improve our ability to interpret these proxy records, we investigated the processes that control fjord sediment inorganic geochemistry through a geochemical, mineralogical and sedimentological analysis of surface sediment samples from the fjords of Northern Chilean Patagonia. A simple Terrestrial Index based on measurements of salinity and Fraction of Terrestrial Carbon was used to estimate the terrestrial input/river discharge at each site. Our results demonstrate that, under the cold climate conditions of Patagonia, chemical weathering is weak and the inorganic geochemical... |
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| Ano: 2012 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00092/20299/17933.pdf |
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| Piret, Loic; Bertrand, Sebastien; Kissel, Catherine; De Pol-holz, Ricardo; Tamayo Hernando, Alvaro; Van Daele, Maarten. |
| Megaturbidites have been the focus of many paleoseismic and paleoenvironmental studies because they can provide evidence for catastrophic and/or hazardous events with potentially major environmental implications. During a recent research cruise in Baker Fjord, Chile (47°54′S–74°30′W), a megaturbidite was described between the Northern and Southern Patagonian Icefields. Here, we aim to determine the depositional processes of the megaturbidite and identify its origin. Based on the turbidite's location, a possible origin was the early Holocene drainage of paleo-lake General Carrera, which was recently proposed in the literature as having produced a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) that drained through Baker Fjord. Due to the fjord's location in a subduction... |
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Palavras-chave: Turbidite; Sediment provenance; Patagonia; Holocene; Earthquake. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00425/53700/54551.pdf |
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