Eastern Atlantic Dust Flux and Geochemistry Data over the past 240,000 years Skonieczny, C.; McGee, D.; Winckler, G.; Bory, A.; Bradtmiller, L.I.; Kinsley, C.W.; Polissar, P.J.; De Pol-Holz, R.; Rossignol, L.; Malaizé, B. Skonieczny, C. McGee, D. Winckler, G. Bory, A. Bradtmiller, L.I. Kinsley, C.W. Polissar, P.J. De Pol-Holz, R. Rossignol, L. Malaizé, B. earth science/paleoclimate/paleocean earth science/paleoclimate/paleocean (MD03-2705>LATITUDE 18.085>LONGITUDE -21.153197) Reconstructions of past Saharan dust deposition in marine sediments provide foundational records of North African climate over time scales of 103 to 106 years. Previous dust records show primarily glacial-interglacial variability in the Pleistocene, in contrast to other monsoon records showing strong precessional variability. Here, we present the first Saharan dust record spanning multiple glacial cycles obtained using 230Th normalization, an improved method of calculating fluxes. Contrary to previous data, our record from the West African margin demonstrates high correlation with summer insolation and limited glacial-interglacial changes, indicating coherent variability in the African monsoon belt throughout the late Pleistocene. Our results demonstrate that low-latitude Saharan dust emissions do not vary synchronously with high- and mid-latitude dust emissions, and they call into question the use of existing Plio-Pleistocene dust records to investigate links between climate and hominid evolution. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Skonieczny, C. Investigator : McGee, D. Investigator : Winckler, G. Investigator : Bory, A. Investigator : Bradtmiller, L.I. Investigator : Kinsley, C.W. Investigator : Polissar, P.J. Investigator : De Pol-Holz, R. Investigator : Rossignol, L. Investigator : Malaizé, B. 2019-06-20 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/27030 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/skonieczny2019/skonieczny2019-md03-2705.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/skonieczny2019/skonieczny2019-md03-2705.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/27030 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/skonieczny2019/skonieczny2019-md03-2705.txt Skonieczny, C., D. McGee, G. Winckler, A. Bory, L.I. Bradtmiller, C.W. Kinsley, P.J. Polissar, R. De Pol-Holz, L. Rossignol, and B. Malaizé2019Monsoon-driven Saharan dust variability over the past 240,000 yearsScience Advances51EAAV188710.1126/sciadv.aav1887 START YEAR: 240570 cal yr BP * END YEAR: 380 cal yr BP -21.153197 18.085 -21.153197 18.085