A multi-proxy analysis of Late Quaternary ocean and climate variability for the Maldives, Inner Sea

Bunzel, Dorothea; Schmiedl, Gerhard; Lindhorst, Sebastian; Mackensen, Andreas; Reolid, Jesús; Romahn, Sarah; Betzler, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1791-2017

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1791-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1791-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

Research article

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13 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 13 Dec 2017

A multi-proxy analysis of Late Quaternary ocean and climate variability for the Maldives, Inner Sea

Dorothea Bunzel, Gerhard Schmiedl, Sebastian Lindhorst, Andreas Mackensen, Jesús Reolid, Sarah Romahn, and Christian Betzler

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review Bunzel et al., Climate of the past discussion', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 May 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Referee#1', Dorothea Bunzel, 23 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Review of Bunzel et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 May 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee#2', Dorothea Bunzel, 23 Jun 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Jul 2017) by Luc Beaufort

AR by Dorothea Bunzel on behalf of the Authors (25 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Sep 2017) by Luc Beaufort

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (16 Oct 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 Oct 2017) by Luc Beaufort

AR by Dorothea Bunzel on behalf of the Authors (06 Nov 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

We investigated a sediment core from the Maldives to unravel the interaction between equatorial climate and ocean variability of the past 200 000 years. The sedimentological, geochemical and foraminiferal data records reveal enhanced dust, which was transported by intensified winter monsoon winds during glacial conditions. Precessional fluctuations of bottom water oxygen suggests an expansion of the Arabian Sea OMZ and a varying inflow of Antarctic Intermediate Water.