Connection between South Mediterranean climate and North African atmospheric circulation during the last 50,000 yr BP North Atlantic cold events

• Main Authors: Bout‑roumazeilles, Viviane, Nebout, N, Peyron, O, Cortijo, E, Landais, A, Masson-Delmotte, V
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 (LOG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Nord )
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; [PHYS]Physics [physics]; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03295635; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03295635/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03295635/file/Connection%20between%20South%20Mediterranean%20climate%20and%20North%20African%20atmospheric%20circulation%20during%20the%20last%2050-V1.pdf

International audience High-resolution clay mineralogical analyses were performed on sediment deposited during the last 50,000 yr in the Alboran sea (ODP Site 976). The clay mineral record is compared with pollen assemblages and with annual precipitation (Pann) and mean temperatures of the coldest month (MTCO) reconstructed with the modern analog technique (MAT). Enhanced contribution of palygorskite, a typical wind-blown clay mineral