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North Atlantic control on precipitation pattern in the eastern Mediterranean/Black Sea region during the last glacial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Olga Kwiecien ,
Helge W. Arz ,
Frank Lamy ,
Birgit Plessen ,
André Bahr  and
Gerald H. Haug
Olga Kwiecien*
Affiliation:
Helmholz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany DFG-Leibniz Center for Surface Process and Climate Studies at Universität Potsdam, Germany
Helge W. Arz
Affiliation:
Helmholz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Frank Lamy
Affiliation:
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Birgit Plessen
Affiliation:
Helmholz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
André Bahr
Affiliation:
IFM-GEOMAR, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Gerald H. Haug
Affiliation:
DFG-Leibniz Center for Surface Process and Climate Studies at Universität Potsdam, Germany Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
*
*Corresponding author. GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Fax: +49 331 288 1302. Email Address:kwiecien@gfz-potsdam.de
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Abstract

Based on proxy records from western Black Sea cores, we provide a comprehensive study of climate change during the last glacial maximum and late-glacial period in the Black Sea region. For the first time we present a record of relative changes in precipitation for NW Anatolia based on variations in the terrigenous supply expressed as detrital carbonate concentration. The good correspondence between reconstructed rainfall intensity in NW Anatolia and past western Mediterranean sea surface temperatures (SSTs) implies that during the glacial period the precipitation variability was controlled, like today, by Mediterranean cyclonic disturbances. Periods of reduced precipitation correlate well with low SSTs in the Mediterranean related to Heinrich events H1 and H2. Stable oxygen isotopes and lithological and mineralogical data point to a significant modification in the dominant freshwater/sediment source concomitant to the meltwater inflow after 16.4 cal ka BP. This change implies intensification of the northern sediment source and with other records from the Mediterranean region, consistently suggests a reorganization of the atmospheric circulation pattern affecting the hydrology of the European continent. The early deglacial northward retreat of both atmospheric and oceanic polar fronts was responsible for the warming in the Mediterranean region, leading simultaneously to more humid conditions in central and northern Europe.

Keywords

Black SeaMediterraneanPaleoclimatePrecipitationTerrigenous inputHeinrich events
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Quaternary Research , Volume 71 , Issue 3 , May 2009 , pp. 375 - 384
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University of Washington

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