Upwelling History of the Benguela-Namibia System: A Synthesis of Leg 175 Results

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

Leg 175

OCEANOGRAPHY, NOMENCLATURE, PROXIES, AND SEDIMENT PATTERNS

AGE ASSIGNMENTS AND SEDIMENTATION RATES

Overview and Summary

Congo and Angola Sites (Sites 1075-1077 and 1078-1079)

Walvis Sites and Lüderitz Site (Sites 1081-1083 and 1084)

Cape Basin Sites (Sites 1085-1087)

Observations on the Relative Stratigraphic Positions of Microfossils and Nannofossils

QUATERNARY RECORD OF THE CONGO AND ANGOLA SITES

WALVIS GROUP (SITES 1081, 1082, AND 1083)

LÜDERITZ SITE (SITE 1084)

CAPE BASIN GROUP (SITES 1085, 1086, AND 1087)

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

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