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Multiproxy ecosystem response of abrupt Holocene climatic changes in the northeastern Mediterranean sedimentary archive and hydrologic regime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2019

Christina Giamali ,
Efterpi Koskeridou ,
Assimina Antonarakou ,
Chryssanthi Ioakim ,
George Kontakiotis ,
Aristomenis P. Karageorgis ,
Grigoris Roussakis  and
Vassilis Karakitsios
Christina Giamali*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Historical Geology-Palaeontology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15784 Zografou, Greece
Efterpi Koskeridou
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Historical Geology-Palaeontology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15784 Zografou, Greece
Assimina Antonarakou
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Historical Geology-Palaeontology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15784 Zografou, Greece
Chryssanthi Ioakim
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration (IGME), Olympic Village, 13677 Acharnae, Greece
George Kontakiotis
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Historical Geology-Palaeontology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15784 Zografou, Greece
Aristomenis P. Karageorgis
Affiliation:
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Avenue, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
Grigoris Roussakis
Affiliation:
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Avenue, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
Vassilis Karakitsios
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Historical Geology-Palaeontology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15784 Zografou, Greece
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*Corresponding author e-mail address: gchristi@geol.uoa.gr (C. Giamali).
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Abstract

Aspects of paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic evolution of the north Aegean Sea through the Holocene are revealed by the study of quantitative variations in planktonic foraminiferal, pteropodal, and palynomorph assemblages; the isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera; and hydrographic-related indices, extracted from two high-sedimentation rate cores from the North Aegean Trough. Focusing on the last ~10 cal ka BP, the current Holocene subdivision (Greenlandian, Northgrippian, and Meghalayan) confirms the traditional understanding of an evolution from wetter (Greenlandian) to gradually drier (Northgrippian and Meghalayan) climatic conditions and further highlights the role of changing seasonality during this time. The most warm and humid phase corresponds to the time of the sapropel S1 deposition (9.6–6.1 cal ka BP). The Holocene climatic instability of the study area is further supported by six episodes of brief cooling (North Aegean cooling; NAEGC6–NAEGC1) centered at 9.30, 8.05, 7.05, 4.55, 3.55, and 2.05 cal ka BP, reflected by significant faunal changes and oxygen isotope enrichments. These cold/arid events are coeval with equivalent cooling events that have been described in different basins of the Mediterranean Sea, while signal similarities with equivalent changes in the intensity of the Siberian high suggest a climatic link between the studied area and the high-latitude areas.

Keywords

Holocene cooling eventsPlanktonic foraminiferaPteropodsPalynomorphsStable isotopesPaleoceanographic evolutionSapropel S1Late QuaternaryNorth Aegean Sea
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Quaternary Research , Volume 92 , Issue 3 , November 2019 , pp. 665 - 685
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019 

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