The Senegal River mud belt: A high-resolution archive of paleoclimatic change and coastal evolution

Fine-grained sediment depocenters on continental shelves are of increased scientific interest since they record environmental changes sensitively. A north–south elongated mud depocenter extends along the Senegalese coast in mid-shelf position. Shallow-acoustic profiling was carried out to determine extent, geometry and internal structures of this sedimentary body. In addition, four sediment cores were retrieved with the main aim to identify how paleoclimatic signals and coastal changes have controlled the formation of this mud depocenter.