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Distribution and provenance of wind-blown SE Pacific surface sediments
Saukel, C.; Lamy, F.; Stuut, J.B.W.; Tiedemann, R.; Vogt, C. (2011). Distribution and provenance of wind-blown SE Pacific surface sediments. Mar. Geol. 280(1-4): 130-142. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2010.12.006
In: Marine Geology. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISSN 0025-3227; e-ISSN 1872-6151, meer
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Author keywords
    SE Pacific; clay-mineral assemblages; eolian dust; grain-sizedistribution; trade winds
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  • Saukel, C.
  • Lamy, F.
  • Stuut, J.B.W., meer
  • Tiedemann, R.
  • Vogt, C.
Abstract
    The reconstruction of low-latitude ocean-atmosphere interactions is one of the major issues of (paleo-) environmental studies. The trade winds, extending over 20 degrees to 30 degrees of latitude in both hemispheres, between the subtropical highs and the intertropical convergence zone, are major components of the atmospheric circulation and little is known about their long-term variability on geological time-scales, in particular in the Pacific sector. We present the modern spatial pattern of eolian-derived marine sediments in the eastern equatorial and subtropical Pacific (10 degrees N to 25 degrees S) as a reference data set for the interpretation of SE Pacific paleo-dust records. The terrigenous silt and clay fractions of 75 surface sediment samples have been investigated for their grain-size distribution and clay-mineral compositions, respectively, to identify their provenances and transport agents.
    Dust delivered to the southeast Pacific from the semi- to hyper-arid areas of Peru and Chile is rather fine-grained (4-8 mu m) due to low-level transport within the southeast trade winds. Nevertheless, wind is the dominant transport agent and eolian material is the dominant terrigenous component west of the Peru-Chile Trench south of similar to 5 degrees S. Grain-size distributions alone are insufficient to identify the eolian signal in marine sediments due to authigenic particle formation on the sub-oceanic ridges and abundant volcanic glass around the Galapagos Islands. Together with the clay-mineral compositions of the clay fraction, we have identified the dust lobe extending from the coasts of Peru and Chile onto Galapagos Rise as well as across the equator into the doldrums. Mite is a very useful parameter to identify source areas of dust in this smectite-dominated study area.
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