Fig. 4.

Surface currents of the South Atlantic and the location of coral core HMF-1. Shown are the approximate locations of the South Equatorial Current (SEC) with the southern (sSEC), central (cSEC), and northern (nSEC) branch; the South Equatorial Counter Current (SECC); the Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC); the North Equatorial Counter Current (NECC); the north equatorial current (NEC) and the North Brazil Current (NBC).(Stramma and Schott, 1999) The cross-hair marks the location of our coral core. The solid line marks the shortest plausible trajectory from the central South Atlantic to the Caribbean Sea.