Combourieu-Nebout, N. et al. (2002): Enhanced aridity and atmospheric high-pressure stability over the western Mediterranean during the North Atlantic cold events of the past 50 k.y.
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ODP 161
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2002-075299
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georefid
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10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0863:EAAAHP>2.0.CO;2
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Creator:
Name:
Combourieu-Nebout, N.
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement, Gif sur Yvette, France
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author
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Turon, J. L.
Affiliation:
Universite Bordeaux I, France
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author
Name:
Zahn, R.
Affiliation:
Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
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author
Name:
Capotondi, L.
Affiliation:
Istituto per la Geologia Marina, Italy
Role:
author
Name:
Londeix, L.
Affiliation:
Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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author
Name:
Pahnke, K.
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author
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Title:
Enhanced aridity and atmospheric high-pressure stability over the western Mediterranean during the North Atlantic cold events of the past 50 k.y.
Year:
2002
Source:
Geology (Boulder)
Publisher:
Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States
Volume:
30
Issue:
10
Pages:
863-866
Abstract:
Multiproxy paleoenvironmental records (pollen and planktonic isotope) from Ocean Drilling Program Site 976 (Alboran Sea) document rapid ocean and climate variations during the last glacial that follow the Dansgaard-Oeschger climate oscillations seen in the Greenland ice core records, thus suggesting a close link of the Mediterranean climate swings with North Atlantic climates. Continental conditions rapidly oscillated through cold-arid and warm-wet conditions in the course of stadial-interstadial climate jumps. At the time of Heinrich events, i.e., maximum meltwater flux to the North Atlantic, western Mediterranean marine microflora and microfauna show rapid cooling correlated with increasing continental dryness. Enhanced aridity conceivably points to prolonged wintertime stability of atmospheric high-pressure systems over the southwestern Mediterranean in conjunction with cooling of the North Atlantic.
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Coverage: Geographic coordinates: North:36.1219 West:-4.1845 East:
-4.1845 South:36.1219
Keywords: Quaternary geology; absolute age; Alboran Sea; arid environment; Atlantic Ocean; biostratigraphy; C-14; carbon; Cenozoic; cooling; correlation; Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles; dates; Foraminifera; Globigerina; Globigerina bulloides; Globigerinacea; Globigerinidae; Heinrich events; Invertebrata; isotopes; last glacial maximum; Leg 161; marine sediments; Mediterranean region; Mediterranean Sea; meltwater; microfossils; miospores; Neogloboquadrina; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; North Atlantic; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 976; paleo-oceanography; paleoatmosphere; paleoclimatology; palynomorphs; pollen; Protista; Quaternary; radioactive isotopes; Rotaliina; sediments; terrestrial environment; upper Quaternary; West Mediterranean;
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