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| Title: | Namibia Upwelling: Ocean Meadows off tthe Desert |
| Authors: | Berger, W.H.
Lange, C.B.
Wefer, G. |
| ASFA Terms: | Coastal upwelling |
| Issue Date: | 2001 |
| Abstract: | A central finding of the ocean drilling
expedition off Namibia and South Africa (Leg
175, 1997) is that the history of the intense
coastal upwelling in that region is intimately
tied into global climate change and the
geochemistry of the deep ocean. The high
productivity associated with this flow of cool,
nutrient-dense deep water upwards along the
coast cannot simply be described as a
progressive increase of productivity that began
ten million years ago. Instead, physical
upwelling of cold water follows global cooling
rather closely, while silicate content of the
water (crucial for diatom production) runs out
of phase with upwelling but is highly
correlated with changes in thermohaline
circulation. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/552 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous
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