Preprints
https://doi.org/10.5194/cpd-3-1283-2007
https://doi.org/10.5194/cpd-3-1283-2007
03 Dec 2007
 | 03 Dec 2007
Status: this preprint was under review for the journal CP. A revision for further review has not been submitted.

Climate fluctuations during the Holocene in NW Iberia: high and low latitude linkages

L. D. Pena, G. Francés, P. Diz, M. A. Nombela, and I. Alejo

Abstract. High resolution benthic foraminiferal oxygen and carbon stable isotopes (δ18O, δ13C) from core EUGC-3B are used here to infer rapid climatic changes for the last 8500 yr in the Ría de Muros (NW Iberian Margin). Benthic foraminiferal δ18O and δ13C potentially register migrations in the position of the hydrographic front formed between two different intermediate water masses: Eastern North Atlantic Central Water of subpolar origin (ENACWsp), and subtropical origin (ENACWsp). The isotopic records have been compared with two well established North Atlantic marine Holocene paleoceanographic records from low (Sea Surface Temperatures anomalies off Cape Blanc, NW Africa) and high latitudes (Hematite Stained Grains percentage, subpolar North Atlantic). This comparison clearly demonstrates that there is a strong link between high- and low-latitude climatic perturbations at centennial-millennial time scales during the Holocene. Spectral analyses also points at a pole-to-equator propagation of the so-called 1500 yr cycles. Our results demonstrate that during the Holocene, the NW Iberian Margin has undergone a series of cold episodes which are likely triggered at high latitudes in the North Atlantic and are rapidly propagated towards lower latitudes. Conceivably, the propagation of these rapid climatic changes involves a shift of atmospheric and oceanic circulatory systems and so a migration of the hydrographical fronts and water masses all along the North Atlantic area.

Publisher's note: Copernicus Publications remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims made in the text, published maps, institutional affiliations, or any other geographical representation in this preprint. The responsibility to include appropriate place names lies with the authors.
L. D. Pena, G. Francés, P. Diz, M. A. Nombela, and I. Alejo
 
Status: closed (peer review stopped)
Status: closed (peer review stopped)
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement
 
Status: closed (peer review stopped)
Status: closed (peer review stopped)
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement
L. D. Pena, G. Francés, P. Diz, M. A. Nombela, and I. Alejo
L. D. Pena, G. Francés, P. Diz, M. A. Nombela, and I. Alejo

Viewed

Total article views: 1,568 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
882 564 122 1,568 89 124
  • HTML: 882
  • PDF: 564
  • XML: 122
  • Total: 1,568
  • BibTeX: 89
  • EndNote: 124
Views and downloads (calculated since 01 Feb 2013)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 01 Feb 2013)

Cited

Saved

Latest update: 07 Nov 2024