A 50,000-year stratigraphic record from a Bahamian sinkhole and direct evidence for Saharan dust export to the tropical North Atlantic

Peter J. van Hengstum1, Nancy A. Albury2, Patricia A Beddows3, Nicole D'Entremont4, Sarah J Feakins5, Jeffrey P Donnelly6, Shawna Nicole Little1, Kelly McKeon7, Xiaochuan Ma8, Jose Mendez9, Olivia Shipley9, Richard M Sullivan10, Annie Tamalavage11, Elizabeth Jane Wallace12 and Tyler Scott Winkler13, (1)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States, (2)Antiquites, Monuments, and Museums Corporation/National Museum of The Bahamas, Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, (3)Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, (4)WHOI, Woods Hole, United States, (5)University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (6)WHOI, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (7)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, TX, United States, (8)Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, (9)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Marine Sciences, Galveston, TX, United States, (10)Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Oceanography, College Station, TX, United States, (11)Texas A & M University, Oceanography, College Station, TX, United States, (12)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (13)Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States