Mediterranean sapropels are layers with elevated organic carbon concentrations that
contrast with surrounding sediments, which are organic poor. Sapropels occur (quasi-) …

The extent of climate variability during the current interglacial period, the Holocene, is still
debated. Temperature records derived from central Greenland ice cores show one …

The purpose of this book is to provide timely and comprehensive information on extant
planktic foraminifers. This book is based on 'Modern Planktonic Foraminifera'published by …

Ice volume (and hence sea level) and deep-sea temperature are key measures of global
climate change. Sea level has been documented using several independent methods over …

In the future, the Sahara and Sahelian regions could experience more rainfall than today as
a result of climate change. Wetter periods, termed African humid periods, occurred in the …

Astronomically forced insolation changes have driven monsoon dynamics and recurrent
humid episodes in North Africa, resulting in green Sahara Periods (GSPs) with savannah …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the planktonic foraminifera as tracers of past
oceanic environments. Paleoceanography has always been closely connected with the …

The Mediterranean basin is sensitive to global sea-level changes and African monsoon
variability on orbital timescales. Both of these processes are thought to be important to the …

Carbon is one of the key elements in organisms and non-living compounds on Earth.
Carbon dioxide and methane are important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, dissolved …

Mediterranean sediments are valuable archives of both African monsoon variability and
higher-latitude climate processes, and can also be used to provide an environmental context …