The South Atlantic in the Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Material Budgets and Current Systems

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Inverse Modeling of Particulate Organic Carbon Fluxes in the South Atlantic....Pages 1-19
Transfer of Particles into the Deep Atlantic and the Global Ocean: Control of Nutrient Supply and Ballast Production....Pages 21-46
Radionuclides as Tracers for Particle Flux and Transport of Water Masses in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean....Pages 47-63
Heterotrophic Particle-Associated Bacteria from the South Atlantic: A Community of Marine Microorganisms with a High Organic Carbon Degradation Potential....Pages 65-79
Contribution of Calcareous Plankton Groups to the Carbonate Budget of South Atlantic Surface Sediments....Pages 81-99
Coccolithophorid and Dinoflagellate Synecology in the South and Equatorial Atlantic: Improving the Paleoecological Significance of Phytoplanktonic Microfossils....Pages 101-120
The South Atlantic Oxygen Isotope Record of Planktic Foraminifera....Pages 121-142
Nitrogen Isotopes in Sinking Particles and Surface Sediments in the Central and Southern Atlantic....Pages 143-165
C 37 -Alkenones as Paleotemperature Tool: Fundamentals Based on Sediment Traps and Surface Sediments from the South Atlantic Ocean....Pages 167-193
Stable Carbon Isotopic Composition of the C 37:2 Alkenone: A Proxy for CO 2 (aq) Concentration in Oceanic Surface Waters?....Pages 195-211
Late Quaternary Terrigenous Sedimentation in the Western Equatorial Atlantic South American versus African Provenance Discriminated by Magnetic Mineral Analysis....Pages 213-236
Integrated Rock Magnetic and Geochemical Quantification of Redoxomorphic Iron Mineral Diagenesis in Late Quaternary Sediments from the Equatorial Atlantic....Pages 237-260
Magnetic Signals in Plio-Pleistocene Sediments of the South Atlantic: Chronostratigraphic Usability and Paleoceanographic Implications....Pages 261-277
Congo Fan Neogene and Quaternary Sedimentation: Interplay of Riverine and Current Induced Deposition....Pages 279-293
Terrigenous Signals in Sediments of the Low Latitude Atlantic — Implications for Environmental Variations during the Late Quarternary: Part I: Organic Carbon....Pages 295-322
Terrigenous Signals in Sediments of the Low-Latitude Atlantic - Indications to Environmental Variations during the Late Quaternary: Part II: Lithogenic Matter....Pages 323-345
Surface Sediment Bulk Geochemistry and Grain-Size Composition Related to the Oceanic Circulation along the South American Continental Margin in the Southwest Atlantic....Pages 347-373
Terrigenous Sediment Supply in the Polar to Temperate South Atlantic: Land-Ocean Links of Environmental Changes during the Late Quaternary....Pages 375-399
Fluxes at the Benthic Boundary Layer - A Global View from the South Atlantic....Pages 401-430
Processes and Signals of Nonsteady-State Diagenesis in Deep-Sea Sediments and their Pore Waters....Pages 431-459
Late Quaternary Sedimentation and Early Diagenesis in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean: Patterns, Trends and Processes Deduced from Rock Magnetic and Geochemical Records....Pages 461-497
The Late Pleistocene South Atlantic and Southern Ocean Surface - A Summary of Time-Slice and Time-Series Studies....Pages 499-529
The Atlantic Ocean at the Last Glacial Maximum: 1. Objective Mapping of the GLAMAP Sea-Surface Conditions....Pages 531-548
The Atlantic Ocean at the Last Glacial Maximum: 2. Reconstructing the Current Systems with a Global Ocean Model....Pages 549-583
Inverse Modelling of the Glacial Atlantic Circulation under Geostrophic Side Conditions....Pages 585-599
Palaeoceanographic Changes in the Northern Benguela Upwelling System over the last 245.000 Years as Derived from Planktic Foraminifera Assemblages....Pages 601-622
Carbon Isotopes of Live Benthic Foraminifera from the South Atlantic: Sensitivity to Bottom Water Carbonate Saturation State and Organic Matter Rain Rates....Pages 623-644
Carbonate Preservation in Deep and Intermediate Water Masses in the South Atlantic: Evaluation and Geological Record (a Review)....Pages 645-670
Last Glacial to Holocene Changes in South Atlantic Deep Water Circulation....Pages 671-693
Last Glacial δ 13 C Distribution and Deep-Sea Circulation in the Atlantic Ocean: A Model - Data Comparison....Pages 695-722