RAMSTEIN , Gilles

Stable water isotopes (δ 18 O w and δD w ) have been successfully implemented for the first time in a high-resolution model of the Mediterranean Sea (NEMO-MED12). In this numerical study, model results are compared with available in situ observations to evaluate the model performance of the present-day distribution of stable water isotopes and...

Water isotopes are one of the most widely used proxies in ocean climate research. However, there are still gaps in our understanding of the processes that control their composition. Compared to other large ocean basins, the Mediterranean is ideally suited to improve our understanding of the processes influencing and driving oxygen isotopic...

Between the Last Glacial Maximum and the mid-Holocene, the Mediterranean Sea experienced major hydrological changes. The deposition of the last sapropel, S1, during the Early Holocene is a consequence of these changes. In order to cause anoxia in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS) bottom water, a long preconditioning period of a few thousand...

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