Holocene climate variability in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lions)

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: B. Jalali, M.-A. Sicre, M.-A. Bassetti, N. Kallel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: envir; geo; Rhone; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-91-2016; http://www.clim-past.net/12/91/2016/cp-12-91-2016.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/a002a6e140714a179974644f2b622d10

Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and land-derived input time series were generated from the Gulf of Lions inner-shelf sediments (NW Mediterranean Sea) using alkenones and high-molecular-weight odd-carbon numbered n-alkanes (TERR-alkanes), respectively. The SST record depicts three main phases: a warm...