Rodrigo-Gámiz, Marta; Martinez-Ruiz, Francisca C; Rampen, Sebastiaan W; Schouten, Stefan; Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S (2014): Sea surface temperature variations in the western Mediterranean Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.826080, Supplement to: Rodrigo-Gámiz, M et al. (2014): Sea surface temperature variations in the western Mediterranean Sea over the last 20 kyr: a dual-organic proxy (UK'37 and LDI) approach. Paleoceanography, 29(2), 87-98, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013PA002466
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Abstract:
A high-resolution sea surface temperature (SST) reconstruction of the western Mediterranean was accomplished using two independent, algae-based molecular organic proxies, i.e. the UK'37 index based on long-chain unsaturated ketones and the novel long-chain diol index (LDI) based on the relative abundances of C28 and C30 1,13- and 1,15-diols. Two marine records, from the western and eastern Alboran Sea basin, spanning the last 14 and 20 kyr, respectively, were studied. Results from the surface sediments suggest that the two proxies presently reflect seasons with similar SST, or simply annual mean SST. Both proxy records reveal the transition from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene in the eastern Alboran Sea with an SST increase of ca. 7 °C for UK'37 and 9 °C for LDI. Minimum SSTs (10-12 °C) are reached at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum and during the last Heinrich event with a subsequent rapid SST increase in LDI-SST towards the beginning of the Bölling period (20 °C), while UK'37-SST remains constantly low (~12 °C). The Bölling-Alleröd is characterized by a rapid increase and subsequent decrease in UK'37-SST, while the LDI-SST decrease continuously. Short-term fluctuations in UK'37-SST are probably related to availability of nutrients and seasonal changes. The Younger Dryas is recorded as a short cold interval followed by progressively warmer temperatures. During the Holocene, the general lower UK'37-derived temperature values in the eastern Alboran (by ca. 1.5-2 °C) suggest a southeastward cold water migration by the western Alboran gyre and divergence in the haptophyte blooming season between both basins.
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Median Latitude: 36.189395 * Median Longitude: -3.533460 * South-bound Latitude: 36.173570 * West-bound Longitude: -4.312250 * North-bound Latitude: 36.205220 * East-bound Longitude: -2.754670
Date/Time Start: 2002-07-23T19:17:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-07-23T19:17:00
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- Rodrigo-Gámiz, M; Martinez-Ruiz, FC; Rampen, SW et al. (2014): (Table 1) Age determination of Alborian Sea sediment cores. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.826079
- Rodrigo-Gámiz, M; Martinez-Ruiz, FC; Rampen, SW et al. (2014): Sea surface temperature reconstruction of sediment core TTR12_293G. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.826065
- Rodrigo-Gámiz, M; Martinez-Ruiz, FC; Rampen, SW et al. (2014): Sea surface temperature reconstruction of sediment core TTR17_434G. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.826066