Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Hernández-Molina, F. Javier, Miller, Madeline
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2014
• Subjects: Holloway; Tomlinson; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1251306

Sediments cored along the southwestern Iberian margin during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 339 provide constraints on Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) circulation patterns from the Pliocene epoch to the present day. After the Strait of Gibraltar opened (5.33 million years ago), a lim...