Western Mediterranean hydro-climatic consequences of Holocene ice-rafted debris (Bond) events

Zielhofer, Christoph; Köhler, Anne; Mischke, Steffen; Benkaddour, Abdelfattah; Mikdad, Abdeslam; Fletcher, William J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-463-2019

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20 Mar 2019

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| 20 Mar 2019

Western Mediterranean hydro-climatic consequences of Holocene ice-rafted debris (Bond) events

Christoph Zielhofer, Anne Köhler, Steffen Mischke, Abdelfattah Benkaddour, Abdeslam Mikdad, and William J. Fletcher

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-463-2019-supplement

Data sets

Sidi Ali d18O Zielhofer et al. 2019 Climate of 100 the Past C. Zielhofer, A. Köhler, S. Mischke, A. Benkaddour, A. Mikdad, and W. Fletcher https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27630.25920

Short summary

Based on a Holocene oxygen stable isotope record from Lake Sidi Ali (Morocco) we correlate Western Mediterranean precipitation anomalies with North Atlantic ice-rafted debris (Bond) events to identify a probable teleconnection between Western Mediterranean winter rains and subpolar North Atlantic cooling phases. Our data show a noticeable similarity between Western Mediterranean winter rain minima and Bond events during the Early Holocene and an opposite pattern during the Late Holocene.