The Holocene expression in humidity and sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean region is particularly sensitive to global climate variability that critically reflects on its hydrological conditions. A recently published high-resolution reconstruction of Holocene Sea Surface Temperature (SST) based on Globigerina bulloides Mg/Ca ratios set the basis to explore...
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ftubarcepubl:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/202083 2024-02-11T10:06:33+01:00 The Holocene expression in humidity and sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean Sea Català, Albert Pena González, Leopoldo David Garcia Solsona, Ester Paredes, Eduardo Frigola Ferrer, Jaime I. Sanchez-Vidal, Anna Calafat Frau, Antoni Cacho Lascorz, Isabel 2023-07 1 p. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2445/202083 eng eng International Union for Quaternary Research Reproducció del resum publicat a: https://inquaroma2023.exordo.com/programme/presentation/2605 Pòster a: XXII INQUA Congress 2023, Roma (14-20 July). Session 14: Climate and environmental changes during the Holocene and past. Abstract ID. 5368 Poster presentation. Comunicacions a congressos (Dinàmica de la Terra i de l'Oceà) http://hdl.handle.net/2445/202083 (c) Català, Albert et al., 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Paleoceanografia Holocè Mediterrània (Regió) Paleoceanography Holocene Mediterranean Region info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2023 ftubarcepubl 2024-01-24T01:21:00Z The Mediterranean region is particularly sensitive to global climate variability that critically reflects on its hydrological conditions. A recently published high-resolution reconstruction of Holocene Sea Surface Temperature (SST) based on Globigerina bulloides Mg/Ca ratios set the basis to explore, within a warm climatic period, the impact of North Atlantic oceanographic conditions shaping the properties of the inflowing waters into the Mediterranean Sea. Going a step further in establishing the potential links between these oceanographical changes with the hydrological conditions on the southern Iberian Peninsula, we isotopically characterized (Sr, Nd and Pb) the present terrigenous sourcing and their transport processes on the Alboran Sea to use as an analogue to reconstruct the Holocene variations. The present-day isotopic characterization was performed of settling particles recovered by moored sediment traps under well-characterized meteorological conditions. This reveals that the main sources of the terrigenous particles arrive transported by the fluvial discharges around the Alboran Sea. Also, the observed isotopic changes during the recorded year were closely linked to rainfall patterns. Transferring this knowledge to the past time and compared with the SST, the results indicate that the most humid and warmer conditions were developed during the Early Holocene. Afterwards, a transition towards colder temperatures was linked with an aridification and enhancement of the torrential rainfalls, culminating with the coldest SST and higher torrential effect. During the Late Holocene, relative cold and drier conditions similar to the present were recorded. Conference Object North Atlantic Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona |
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Paleoceanografia Holocè Mediterrània (Regió) Paleoceanography Holocene Mediterranean Region Català, Albert Pena González, Leopoldo David Garcia Solsona, Ester Paredes, Eduardo Frigola Ferrer, Jaime I. Sanchez-Vidal, Anna Calafat Frau, Antoni Cacho Lascorz, Isabel The Holocene expression in humidity and sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean Sea |
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The Mediterranean region is particularly sensitive to global climate variability that critically reflects on its hydrological conditions. A recently published high-resolution reconstruction of Holocene Sea Surface Temperature (SST) based on Globigerina bulloides Mg/Ca ratios set the basis to explore, within a warm climatic period, the impact of North Atlantic oceanographic conditions shaping the properties of the inflowing waters into the Mediterranean Sea. Going a step further in establishing the potential links between these oceanographical changes with the hydrological conditions on the southern Iberian Peninsula, we isotopically characterized (Sr, Nd and Pb) the present terrigenous sourcing and their transport processes on the Alboran Sea to use as an analogue to reconstruct the Holocene variations. The present-day isotopic characterization was performed of settling particles recovered by moored sediment traps under well-characterized meteorological conditions. This reveals that the main sources of the terrigenous particles arrive transported by the fluvial discharges around the Alboran Sea. Also, the observed isotopic changes during the recorded year were closely linked to rainfall patterns. Transferring this knowledge to the past time and compared with the SST, the results indicate that the most humid and warmer conditions were developed during the Early Holocene. Afterwards, a transition towards colder temperatures was linked with an aridification and enhancement of the torrential rainfalls, culminating with the coldest SST and higher torrential effect. During the Late Holocene, relative cold and drier conditions similar to the present were recorded. |
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Català, Albert Pena González, Leopoldo David Garcia Solsona, Ester Paredes, Eduardo Frigola Ferrer, Jaime I. Sanchez-Vidal, Anna Calafat Frau, Antoni Cacho Lascorz, Isabel |
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Català, Albert Pena González, Leopoldo David Garcia Solsona, Ester Paredes, Eduardo Frigola Ferrer, Jaime I. Sanchez-Vidal, Anna Calafat Frau, Antoni Cacho Lascorz, Isabel |
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The Holocene expression in humidity and sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean Sea |
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The Holocene expression in humidity and sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean Sea |
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The Holocene expression in humidity and sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean Sea |
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The Holocene expression in humidity and sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean Sea |
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The Holocene expression in humidity and sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean Sea |
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holocene expression in humidity and sea surface temperatures in the western mediterranean sea |
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Reproducció del resum publicat a: https://inquaroma2023.exordo.com/programme/presentation/2605 Pòster a: XXII INQUA Congress 2023, Roma (14-20 July). Session 14: Climate and environmental changes during the Holocene and past. Abstract ID. 5368 Poster presentation. Comunicacions a congressos (Dinàmica de la Terra i de l'Oceà) http://hdl.handle.net/2445/202083 |
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