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

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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 Early Holocene (∼ 18 ± 0.4 °C) followed by a cooling of ∼ 3 °C (from 7000 to 1000 BP) and rapid warming from ∼ 1850 AD onwards. Several superimposed multi-decadal cooling events of ∼ 1 °C amplitude were also identified. TERR-alkanes were also quantified to identify periods of high river discharge in relation with flood events of the Rhone River and precipitations. Their concentrations show a broad increase from the early Holocene towards present with a pronounced minimum around 2500 BP and large fluctuations during the second part of the Holocene. Comparison with Holocene flood activity reconstructions across the Alps region suggests that sediments of the inner shelf originate mainly from the Upper Rhone River catchment basin and that they are primarily delivered during positive NAO.
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hal-04115522 , version 1 (06-06-2023)

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Bassem Jalali, Marie-Alexandrine Sicre, Maria-Angela Bassetti, N. Kallel. Holocene climate variability in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lions). Climate of the Past Discussions, 2015, 11, pp.3187-3209. ⟨10.5194/cpd-11-3187-2015⟩. ⟨hal-04115522⟩
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