MD 167 / RETRO (IMAGES XVI)

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Marion Dufresne
Ship owner TAAF
Dates 24/05/2008 - 03/06/2008
Chief scientist(s) WAELBROECK Claire , DOKKEN Trond

LABORATOIRE D'OCÉANOGRAPHIE ET DU CLIMAT : EXPÉRIMENTATIONS ET APPROCHES NUMÉRIQUES - UMR 7159

Institut Pierre Simon Laplace

Boîte 100

4 place Jussieu

75005 Paris

+33 (1) 44 27 32 48

https://www.locean.ipsl.fr/
DOI 10.17600/8200020
Objective

RETRO cruise: REsponse of TROpical Atlantic surface and intermediate waters to changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Reconstructing the variations in Atlantic meridian circulation over the last glacial era, the last deglaciation and the Holocene. Our objectives were, more specifically, to (1) reconstruct the vertical temperature and density gradients and their trends over the climate changes in the last 60 thousand years in the tropical Atlantic; (2) analyze the links between climate change at low latitudes and high latitudes through innovative modelling experiments using high quality data generated in part (1). This cruise related to the ESF EuroMARC RETRO (Response of tropical Atlantic surface and intermediate waters to changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation) program.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Weij Rieneke, Sniderman J. M. Kale, Woodhead Jon D., Hellstrom John C., Brown Josephine R., Drysdale Russell N., Reed Elizabeth, Bourne Steven, Gordon Jay (2024). Elevated Southern Hemisphere moisture availability during glacial periods. Nature, 626(7998), 319-326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06989-3


Chase Brian M. (2021). Orbital forcing in southern Africa: Towards a conceptual model for predicting deep time environmental change from an incomplete proxy record. Quaternary Science Reviews, 265, 107050 (14p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107050 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00704/81644/


Nilsson-Kerr Katrina, Anand Pallavi, Holden Philip B., Clemens Steven C., Leng Melanie J. (2021). Dipole patterns in tropical precipitation were pervasive across landmasses throughout Marine Isotope Stage 5. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), 64 (9p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00133-7 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00685/79705/


Skinner L. C., Freeman E., Hodell D., Waelbroeck C., Vazquez Riveiros NataliaORCID, Scrivner A.E (2021). Atlantic Ocean ventilation changes across the last deglaciation and their carbon cycle implications. Paleoceanography And Paleoclimatology, 36(2), e2020PA004074 (21p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004074 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00665/77717/


Braun Kerstin, Bar-Matthews Miryam, Matthews Alan, Ayalon Avner, Zilberman Tami, Cowling Richard M., Fisher Erich C., Herries Andy I.R., Brink James S., Marean Curtis W. (2020). Comparison of climate and environment on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain to the Little Karoo (South Africa) in Marine Isotope Stages 5–3 as indicated by speleothems. Quaternary Science Reviews, 235, 105803 (19p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.025


Railsback L. Bruce, Kraft Susan, Liang Fuyuan, Brook George A., Marais Eugene, Cheng Hai, Edwards R. Lawrence (2019). Control of insolation on stalagmite growth, rainfall, and migration of the tropical rain belt in northern Namibia over the last 100 kyr, as suggested by a rare MIS 5b-5c stalagmite from Dante Cave. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 535, 109348 (11p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109348


Chan Eva K. F., Timmermann Axel, Baldi Benedetta F., Moore Andy E., Lyons Ruth J., Lee Sun-Seon, Kalsbeek Anton M. F., Petersen Desiree C., Rautenbach Hannes, Förtsch Hagen E. A., Bornman M. S. Riana, Hayes Vanessa M. (2019). Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations. Nature, 575(7781), 185-189. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1714-1


Chase Brian M., Niedermeyer Eva M., Boom Arnoud, Carr Andrew S., Chevalier Manuel, He Feng, Meadows Michael E., Ogle Neil, Reimer Paula J. (2019). Orbital controls on Namib Desert hydroclimate over the past 50,000 years. Geology, 47(9), 867-871. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1130/G46334.1 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00508/61987/


Desprat Stéphanie, Oliveira Dulce, Naughton Filipa, Sánchez Goñi Maria Fernanda (2017). L'étude du pollen des séquences sédimentaires marines pour la compréhension du climat: l'exemple des périodes chaudes passées. Quaternaire, 28(2), 259-269. https://doi.org/10.4000/quaternaire.8102


Beaufort Luc, Grelaud Michael (2017). A 2700-year record of ENSO and PDO variability from the Californian margin based on coccolithophore assemblages and calcification. Progress In Earth And Planetary Science, 4(5), 1-13. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0123-z , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48848/


Railsback L. Bruce, Brook George A., Liang Fuyuan, Marais Eugene, Cheng Hai, Edwards R. Lawrence (2016). A multi-proxy stalagmite record from northwestern Namibia of regional drying with increasing global-scale warmth over the last 47 kyr: The interplay of a globally shifting ITCZ with regional currents, winds, and rainfall. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 461, 109-121. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.08.014 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00421/53213/


Wang Pinxian, Li Qianyu, Tian Jun, He Juan, Jian Zhimin, Ma Wentao, Dang Haowen (2016). Monsoon influence on planktic δ18O records from the South China Sea. Quaternary Science Reviews, 142, 26-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.04.009


Lim Sophak, Chase Brian M., Chevalier Manuel, Reimer Paula J. (2016). 50,000 years of vegetation and climate change in the southern Namib Desert, Pella, South Africa. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 451, 197-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.03.001


Zhao Xueqin, Dupont Lydie, Schefuss Enno, Meadows Michael E., Hahn Annette, Wefer Gerold (2016). Holocene vegetation and climate variability in the winter and summer rainfall zones of South Africa. Holocene, 26(6), 843-857. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683615622544


Simon Margit H., Ziegler Martin, Bosmans Joyce, Barker Stephen, Reason Chris J. C., Hall Ian R. (2015). Eastern South African hydroclimate over the past 270,000 years. Scientific Reports, 5(18153), 10 p. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18153 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00497/60837/


Badewien Tanja, Vogts Angela, Dupont Lydie, Rullkoetter Juergen (2015). Influence of Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate on vegetation distributions in southwest Africa elucidated from sedimentary n-alkanes - Differences between 12° S and 20° S. Quaternary Science Reviews, 125, 160-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.08.004


Singarayer Joy S., Burrough Sallie L. (2015). Interhemispheric dynamics of the African rainbelt during the late Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews, 124, 48-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.06.021


Roche Didier M., Paillard Didier, Caley Thibaut, Waelbroeck Claire (2014). LGM hosing approach to Heinrich Event 1: results and perspectives from data-model integration using water isotopes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 106, 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.020


Waelbroeck C., Kiefer T., Dokken T., Chen M. -T., Spero H. J., Jung S., Weinelt M., Kucera M., Paul A. (2014). Constraints on surface seawater oxygen isotope change between the Last Glacial Maximum and the Late Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 105, 102-111. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.020 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00297/40870/


Collins James A., Schefuss Enno, Govin Aline, Mulitza Stefan, Tiedemann Ralf (2014). Insolation and glacial-interglacial control on southwestern African hydroclimate over the past 140 000 years. Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 398, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.034


Lopes Dos Santos Raquel A., de Deckker Patrick, Hopmans Ellen C., Magee John W., Mets Anchelique, Sinninghe Damste Jaap S., Schouten Stefan (2013). Abrupt vegetation change after the Late Quaternary megafaunal extinction in southeastern Australia. Nature Geoscience, 6(8), 627-631. https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO1856


Collins James A., Schefuss Enno, Mulitza Stefan, Prange Matthias, Werner Martin, Tharammal Thejna, Paul Andre, Wefer Gerold (2013). Estimating the hydrogen isotopic composition of past precipitation using leaf-waxes from western Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 65, 88-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.007


Fontanier Christophe, Metzger Edouard, Waelbroeck Claire, Jouffreau Melissa, Lefloch Nina, Jorissen Frans, Etcheber Henri, Bichon Sabrina, Chabaud Gerard, Poirier Dominique, Gremare Antoine, Deflandre Bruno (2013). Live (Stained) Benthic Foraminifera Off Walvis Bay, Namibia: A Deep-Sea Ecosystem under the Influence of Bottom Nepheloid Layers. Journal Of Foraminiferal Research, 43(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.43.1.55


Collins J. A., Govin A., Mulitza S., Heslop D., Zabel M., Hartmann J., Roehl U., Wefer G. (2013). Abrupt shifts of the Sahara-Sahel boundary during Heinrich stadials. Climate Of The Past, 9(3), 1181-1191. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1181-2013 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00181/29240/


Govin Aline, Holzwarth Ulrike, Heslop David, Keeling Lara Ford, Zabel Matthias, Mulitza Stefan, Collins James A., Chiessi Cristiano M. (2012). Distribution of major elements in Atlantic surface sediments (36 degrees N-49 degrees S): Imprint of terrigenous input and continental weathering. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 13(1), 1-23. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GC003785 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00214/32550/


Collins James A., Schefuss Enno, Heslop David, Mulitza Stefan, Prange Matthias, Zabel Matthias, Tjallingii Rik, Dokken Trond M., Huang Enqing, Mackensen Andreas, Schulz Michael, Tian Jun, Zarriess Michelle, Wefer Gerold (2011). Interhemispheric symmetry of the tropical African rainbelt over the past 23,000 years. Nature Geoscience, 4(1), 42-45. https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO1039


Rothwell R. Guy, Rack Frank R. (2006). New techniques in sediment core analysis: an introduction. Geological Society, London, Special Publications "New Techniques in Sediment Core Analysis", 267(1), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.267.01.01


References of Technical Reports

RETRO 2008 cruise report

References of International Seminar Communications

Collins, J. A., Schefuß, E., Mulitza, S., Werner, M., Tharammal, T., Paul, A., Prange, M., Schulz., M and Wefer, G., Hydrogen and Carbon Isotopes of Plant Wax n-alkanes from Marine Sediments off Africa: Implications for the Tropical Rainbelt, International Meeting of Organic Geochemistry, Interlaken, September 2011.

Govin A., Holzwarth U. Heslop, H., Ford Keeling L., Zabel M., Mulitza S. Collins J.C., Chiessi C.M., Reconstructing modern African and South American precipitation regimes from major element ratios of Atlantic continental margin sediments, French Paleoceanographic Days 2011, Aix-en-Provence, France, November 2011.

Govin A., Holzwarth U. Heslop, H., Ford Keeling L., Zabel M., Mulitza S. Collins J.C., Chiessi C.M., Tracing African and South American terrigenous input from the modern distribution of major elements in Atlantic surface sediments (35?N-50°S), EGU2011-7253, EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, April 2011.

Scrivner, A.E., L. Skinner, D. Vance, C. Le Bras, M. Boyer, C. Colin, S. Pichat, C. Waelbroeck, Neodymium isotopes for palaeoceanographic research: good and bad news, ICP10, San Diego, August 2010.

Metzger, E., C. Fontanier, M. Gautier, B. Deflandre, C. Waelbroeck, F. Jorissen, Benthic geochemistry and foraminiferal ecology along a transect on the Namibian shore, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Nice, France, January, 2009.

Dokken, T.; Mulitza, S.; Peeters, F.; Skinner, L.; Waelbroeck, C.; Arz, H.; Barbosa, C.F., Response of tropical Atlantic surface and intermediate waters to changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation ¿ RETRO. EGU2008-A-12379/OS20, EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April 2008.

Waelbroeck, C., E. Michel, J.-M. Gherardi, M. Meland, J.-C. Duplessy, L. Labeyrie, E. Cortijo, Unraveling North and South Atlantic benthic foraminifera isotopic time series over the last deglaciation, ESF EuroMARC conference, La Colle-sur-Loup, France, September 2008.

References of National Seminar Communications

Fontanier, C., Metzger, E., Gaultier, M., Deflandre, B., Waelbroeck, C., & Jorissen, F. (2010). Etude écologique des communautés de Foraminifères benthiques de la marge namibienne (SE Atlantique): un paradoxe de diversité : RST2010; 23ème Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Bordeaux, France, October 2010.

References of Contracts reports (European Union, FAO, Convention, Collectivities...)

ESF EuroMARC final report, 06-EuroMARC-FP-005, janvier 2011.

Thesis using campaign data

Ballalai Joao Marcelo (2023). Evaluating the role of orbitally-induced paleoceanographic changes in subtropical South Atlantic for the global climate over the last 800,000 years. PhD Thesis, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Universidade Federal Fluminense.


Joao Ballalai, PhD thesis 2020-2023, "The role of the South Atlantic subtropical gyre in the interhemispheric transport of heat and salt during glacial terminations"

Zhao Xueqin (2017). Palynological investigation of Holocene climatic and oceanic variability in South Africa and the southern Benguela upwelling system. PhD Thesis, University of Bremen, Geosciences. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00493/60442/


Collins James A (2011). Glacial to Holocene Hydroclimate in Western Africa: Insights from Organic and Major-Element Geochemistry of Hemipelagic Atlantic Ocean Sediments. PhD Thesis, University of Bremen, Geosciences. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00493/60443/