Holocene changes in deep-water circulation of the Western Mediterranean Basin, links to North Atlantic climate variability

• Main Authors: Frigola Ferrer, Jaime I., Cacho Lascorz, Isabel, Herrera, G., Canals Artigas, Miquel, Moreno Caballud, Ana, Amblàs i Novellas, David, Grimalt Obrador, Joan, Masqué, Pere, Esparza, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedad Geológica de España 2010
• Subjects: Geologia submarina; Fons marins; Paleoclimatologia; Paleoceanografia; Holocè; Submarine geology; Ocean bottom; Paleoclimatology; Paleoceanography; Holocene; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/163194

preliminary results from multicores recovered in the Minorca sediment drift, south of the Western Mediterranean Deep Water formation area, reveal changes in deep-water circulation during the last 2500 yr. Records of grain-size and SST Mg/Ca derived from G. bulloides show oscillations in deep-water current intensities that could be related to cool periods on land, i.e. the Little Ice Age, but also denote some relationship with changes in sea surface salinity likely associated with changes in continental humid conditions.