FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Phase relationship between sea level and abrupt climate change BT AF SIERRO, Francisco J. ANDERSEN, Nils BASSETTI, Maria-Angela BERNE, Serge CANALS, Miquel CURTIS, Jason H. DENNIELOU, Bernard ABEL FLORES, Jose FRIGOLA, Jaime GONZALEZ-MORA, Beatriz GRIMALT, Joan O. HODELL, David A. JOUET, Gwenael PEREZ-FOLGADO, Marta SCHNEIDER, Ralph AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:3,6;5:4;6:5;7:6;8:1;9:4;10:1;11:7;12:5;13:6;14:1;15:8; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-DOP-DCB-GM-LES;4:PDG-DOP-DCB-GM-LES;5:;6:;7:PDG-DOP-DCB-GM-LES;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:PDG-DOP-DCB-GM-LES;14:;15:; C1 Univ Salamanca, Dept Geol, Salamanca 37071, Spain. Univ Kiel, Leibniz Lab Radiometr Dating & Isotope Res, D-24118 Kiel, Germany. Univ Perpignan, Lab IMAGES BatU, F-66860 Perpignan, France. Univ Barcelona, GRC Marine Geosci, Dept Stratig Paleontol & Marine Geosci, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. Univ Florida, Dept Geol Sci, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA. IFREMER, GM, Lab Environm Sedimentaires, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Inst Environm Assessment & Water Res IDAEA, Dept Environm Chem, Barcelona 08034, Spain. Univ Kiel, Inst Geowissensch, D-24118 Kiel, Germany. C2 UNIV SALAMANCA, SPAIN UNIV KIEL, GERMANY UNIV PERPIGNAN, FRANCE UNIV BARCELONA, SPAIN UNIV FLORIDA, USA IFREMER, FRANCE IDAEA, SPAIN UNIV KIEL, GERMANY SI BREST SE PDG-DOP-DCB-GM-LES IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 4.245 TC 61 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6969.pdf LA English DT Article CR IMAGES V LEG 1-MD114 IMAGES V LEG 4-MD114 PROMESS 1 BO Marion Dufresne Bavenit AB Direct traces of past sea levels are based on the elevation of old coral reefs at times of sea level high-stands. However, these measurements are discontinuous and cannot be easily correlated with climate records from ice cores. In this study we show a new approach to recognizing the imprint of sea level changes in continuous sediment records taken from the continental slope at locations that were continuously submerged, even during periods of sea level lowstand. By using a sediment core precisely synchronized with Greenland ice cores, we were able to recognize major floods of the Mediterranean continental shelf over the past 270 kyr. During the last glacial period five flooding events were observed at the onset of the warmest Greenland interstadials. Consistent correspondence between warm climate episodes and eustatic sea level rises shows that these global flooding events were generated by pronounced melting of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, due to rapid intensification of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. The method described in this study opens a new perspective for inter-hemi spheric synchronization of marine climate records if applied in other continental margins from the Southern Hemisphere or the equatorial regions. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. PY 2009 PD DEC SO Quaternary Science Reviews SN 0277-3791 PU Elsevier VL 28 IS 25-26 UT 000271872200023 BP 2867 EP 2881 DI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.07.019 ID 6969 ER EF