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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Seemingly divergent sea surface temperature proxy records in the central Mediterranean during the last deglaciation
Climate of the Past, Volume 9, No. 3, Year 2013
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Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were reconstructed over the last 25 000 yr using alkenone paleothermometry and planktonic foraminifera assemblages from two cores of the central Mediterranean Sea: the MD04-2797 core (Siculo-Tunisian channel) and the MD90-917 core (South Adriatic Sea). Comparison of the centennial scale structure of the two temperature signals during the last deglaciation period reveals significant differences in timing and amplitude. We suggest that seasonal changes likely account for seemingly proxy record divergences during abrupt transitions from glacial to interglacial climates and for the apparent short duration of the Younger Dryas (YD) depicted by the alkenone time series, a feature that has already been stressed in earlier studies on the Mediterranean deglaciation. © 2013. CC Attribution 3.0 License.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sicre, Marie Alexandrine
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Laboratoire Des Sciences du Climat et de L'environnement
Siani, Giuseppe
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Université Paris-saclay
Genty, Dominique
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Laboratoire Des Sciences du Climat et de L'environnement
Kallel, Néjib
Tunisia, Sfax
Faculté Des Sciences de Sfax
Essallami, Latifa
Tunisia, Gabes
Université de Gabès
Statistics
Citations: 21
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.5194/cp-9-1375-2013
ISSN:
18149324
e-ISSN:
18149332