Enhanced Mediterranean-Atlantic exchange during Atlantic freshening phases

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Rogerson, Mike, Colmenero-Hidalgo, E, Levine, R.C., Rohling, Eelco, Voelker, A.H.L., Bigg, Grant R., Schonfeld, J., Cacho, I, Sierro, F, Lowemark, L., Reguera, M.I., de Abreu, L., Garrick, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Keywords: Atlantic; Gibraltars; Heinrich Event; Last Glacial Maximum; Mediterranean; Mediterranean Outflow; Feedback; Glacial geology; Isotopes; Mooring; Oxygen; Sea ice; Surface waters; Oceanography; deglaciation; Holocene; hydrography; Last Glacia Atlantic; Gibraltar; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79419; https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GC002931; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/79419/5/Rohling_E_2010_Enhanced.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/79419/7/01_Rogerson_Enhanced_2010.pdf.jpg

The Atlantic-Mediterranean exchange of water at Gibraltar represents a significant heat and freshwater sink for the North Atlantic and is a major control on the heat, salt and freshwater budgets of the Mediterranean Sea. Consequently, an understanding of