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Abstract

The scientific objectives of this site focus on main topics: 1) the history of bottom waters in the eastern South Atlantic (as indicated by changes in benthic faunas and calcite preservation); 2) the development of detailed biostratigraphies and magnetic stratigraphies in the geologic section; and 3) the plate tectonic evolution of the Walvis Ridge (by determining the age and the petrologic and chemical character of basement rocks and the subsidence history of the sediments). Results are summarised. - after Authors