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Trommer, Gabriele; Siccha, Michael; Rohling, Eelco J; Grant, Katharine M; van der Meer, Marcel T J; Schouten, Stefan; Hemleben, Christoph; Kucera, Michal (2014): Planktonic foraminifera and sea surface temperture reconstruction for Red Sea sediment cores [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831282, Supplement to: Trommer, G et al. (2010): Millennial-scale variability in Red Sea circulation in response to Holocene insolation forcing. Paleoceanography, 25(3), PA3203, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009PA001826

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Abstract:
In order to assess how insolation-driven climate change superimposed on sea level rise and millennial events influenced the Red Sea during the Holocene, we present new paleoceanographic records from two sediment cores to develop a comprehensive reconstruction of Holocene circulation dynamics in the basin. We show that the recovery of the planktonic foraminiferal fauna after the Younger Dryas was completed earlier in the northern than in the central Red Sea, implying significant changes in the hydrological balance of the northern Red Sea region during the deglaciation. In the early part of the Holocene, the environment of the Red Sea closely followed the development of the Indian summer monsoon and was dominated by a circulation mode similar to the current summer circulation, with low productivity throughout the central and northern Red Sea. The climatic signal during the late Holocene is dominated by a faunal transient event centered around 2.4 ka BP. Its timing corresponds to that of North Atlantic Bond event 2 and to a widespread regionally recorded dry period. This faunal transient is characterized by a more productive foraminiferal fauna and can be explained by an intensification of the winter circulation mode and high evaporation. The modern distribution pattern of planktonic foraminifera, reflecting the prevailing circulation system, was established after 1.7 ka BP.
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Median Latitude: 24.788125 * Median Longitude: 35.911875 * South-bound Latitude: 19.960000 * West-bound Longitude: 34.596000 * North-bound Latitude: 27.685000 * East-bound Longitude: 38.105000
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  1. Trommer, G; Siccha, M; Rohling, EJ et al. (2010): (Table S1) Planktonic foraminifera in sediment core M5/2_9KL. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831278
  2. Trommer, G; Siccha, M; Rohling, EJ et al. (2010): (Table 1) Age determination of sediment cores M31/2_17KL and M5/2_9KL. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831280
  3. Trommer, G; Siccha, M; Rohling, EJ et al. (2014): (Table 2) Lipid analyses of sediment cores M31/2_17KL. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831281
  4. Trommer, G; Siccha, M; Rohling, EJ et al. (2010): (Table S2) Planktonic foraminifera in sediment core M31/2_17KL. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831279