title: Radiocarbon geochronology of the sediments of the São Paulo Bight (southern Brazilian upper margin).
abstract: The aim of this work was to generate an inventory of the data on radiocarbon datings obtained from sediments of the São Paulo Bight (southern Brazilian upper margin) and to analyze the data in terms of Late Quaternary sedimentary processes and sedimentation rates. A total of 238 radiocarbon datings from materials collected using differents ampling procedures was considered for this work. The sedimentation rates varied from less than 2 to 68 cm.kyr(-1). The highest sedimentation rate values were found in a low-energy (ría type) coastal system as well as in the upwelling zones of Santa Catarina and Cabo Frio. The lowest rates were found on the outer shelf and upper slopes. Our results confirm the strong dependency of the shelf currents, with an emphasis to the terrigenous input from the Río de La Plata outflow which is transported via the Brazilian Coastal Current, as well as of the coupled Brazil Current - Intermediate Western Boundary Current (BC-IWBC) dynamics on the sedimentary processes. At least three indicators of the paleo sea level were found at 12200 yr BP (conventional radiocarbon age) (103 meters below sea level - mbsl), 8300-8800 cal yr BP (13 mbsl) and 7700-8100 cal yr BP (6 mbsl).
authors.affiliation: Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. mahiques@usp.br
authors.forename: Michel M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mahiques
authors.forename: Silvia H M
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Leticia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burone
authors.forename: Renata H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Ilson C A
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: Rubens C L
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Figueira
authors.forename: Rafael G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Soutelino
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ponsoni
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D055110:Radiometric Dating / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes