(Fig. 11c) Alkenones (di and tri alkenones of 37 carbons) from sediment core MD95-2043, supplement to: Cacho, Isabel; Grimalt, Joan O; Canals, Miquel (2002): Response of the Western Mediterranean Sea to rapid climatic variability during the last 50,000 years: a molecular biomarker approach. Journal of Marine Systems, 33-34, 253-272

The present paper is a synopsis of the research on the climatic evolution of the Western Mediterranean Sea developed within the MATER programme. The sea surface temperature (SST) evolution during the last glacial period, deglaciation and present interglacial have been examined in detail. Special att...

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Main Authors: Cacho, Isabel, Grimalt, Joan O, Canals, Miquel
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2002
Subjects:
DEPTH, sediment/rock
AGE
Alkenone, C373+C372
Calypso Corer
Gas chromatography
MD101
Marion Dufresne 1995
Greenland
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.787809
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.787809
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Summary:The present paper is a synopsis of the research on the climatic evolution of the Western Mediterranean Sea developed within the MATER programme. The sea surface temperature (SST) evolution during the last glacial period, deglaciation and present interglacial have been examined in detail. Special attention has been focussed to millennial-centennial scale changes related to rapid global climatic oscillations. The results have shown the extreme sensitivity of the Western Mediterranean oceanography to this rapid climatic variability giving rise to amplified climatic signals, e.g. strong SST oscillation, that follow the changes recorded in the North Atlantic Ocean or in Greenland ice. Overall, the Western Mediterranean Sea appears to be an ideal environment for the study of the climatic processes occurring at high and intermediate latitudes.

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