Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic

Javier Hernández‐Molina, F.; A. V. Stow, Dorrik; A. Alvarez Zarikian, Carlos; D Acton, Gary; Bahr, André; Balestra, Bárbara; Ducassou, Emmanuelle; D. Flood, Roger; Flores, José‐Abel; Furota, Satoshi; Grunert, Patrick; A Hodell, David; Jiménez-Espejo, F.J.; Kyoung Kim, Jin; A. Krissek, Lawrence; Kuroda, Junichiro; Li, Baohua; Llave, Estefanía; Lofi, Johanna; Joost Lourens, Lucas; D. Miller, Madeline; Nanayama, Futoshi; Nishida, Naohisa; Richter, Carl; Roque, Cristina; Pereira, Hélder; Fernanda Sánchez Goñi, Marı́a; Javier Sierro, Francisco; Deo Singh, Arun; R. Sloss, Craig; Takashimizu, Yasuhiro; Tzanova, Alexandrina; H L Voelker, Antje; Williams, Trevor; Xuan, Chuang

doi:10.1126/science.1251306

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Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic

Published in Science • Jun 12, 2014

Authors:

F. Javier Hernández‐Molina

Dorrik A. V. Stow

Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian

Abstract

Sediments cored along the southwestern Iberian margin during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 339 provide constraints on Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) circulation patterns from the Pliocene epoch to the present day. After the Strait of Gibraltar opened (5.33 million years ago), a lim...

Subject

Outflow

Mediterranean climate

Oceanography

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