Variations in Mediterranean–Atlantic exchange across the late Pliocene climate transition

García-Gallardo, Ángela; Grunert, Patrick; Piller, Werner E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-339-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-339-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-339-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

Research article

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09 Mar 2018

Research article |

| 09 Mar 2018

Variations in Mediterranean–Atlantic exchange across the late Pliocene climate transition

Ángela García-Gallardo, Patrick Grunert, and Werner E. Piller

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RC1: 'Review of Variations of Mediterranean-Atlantic exchange across the late Pliocene climate transition', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'AC1: Response to Anonymous Referee 1', Ángela García-Gallardo, 25 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Reviewer 2 comments on "Variations of Mediterranean–Atlantic exchange across the late Pliocene climate transition”', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Dec 2017
- AC2: 'AC2: Response to Anonymous Referee 2', Ángela García-Gallardo, 25 Jan 2018

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Jan 2018) by Alan Haywood

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Short summary

We study the variability in Mediterranean–Atlantic exchange, focusing on the surface Atlantic inflow across the mid-Pliocene warm period and the onset of the Northern Hemisphere glaciation, still unresolved by previous works. Oxygen isotope gradients between both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar reveal weak inflow during warm periods that turns stronger during severe glacials and the start of a negative feedback between exchange at the Strait and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.