How much did climate force the Messinian salinity crisis? Quantified climatic conditions from pollen records in the Mediterranean region

Fauquette, Séverine; Suc, Jean‐Pierre; Bertini, Adèle; Popescu, Speranta‐Maria; Warny, Sophie; Taoufiq, Naïma Bachiri; Villa, Maria-Jesus Perez; Chikhi, Hafida; Feddi, Najat; Subally, Danica; Clauzon, Georges; Ferrier, J.

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.029

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“…and optimally occur at elevations from 2500 to 4000 m.a.s.l. (Lu et al, 2008) together with other high-altitude elements such as Tsuga and Cedrus (Fauquette et al, 2006). Dupont-Nivet et al (2008) therefore suggested that mountain habitat formation was the most likely causes for the Pinaceae increase in the late Eocene record and estimated the minimum palaeoaltitude of 1500 m.a.s.l.…”

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“…Typical taxa of the deciduous forests are Quercoidites, Caryapollenites, Celtipollenites, Ulmipollenites, Cupuliferoipollenites, Juglanspollenites, Tiliaepollenites, Betulaceoipollenites, Salixipollenites and pollen types with affinity Fagaceae. These taxa mostly occur in the lower part of the section (zones A and B) and are indicative of temperate and warm, humid climates, which at present form the lower vegetation belts in temperate to subtropical mountainous regions (Wang et al, 1990;Horton et al, 2004;Sun and Wang, 2005;Fauquette et al, 2006;Miao et al, 2008). Subtropical pollen taxa are rare in the succession except for e.g.…”

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A late Eocene palynological record of climate change and Tibetan Plateau uplift (Xining Basin, China)

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Straathof

Abels

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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Climate models suggest that Asian paleoenvironments, monsoons and continental aridification were primarily governed by tectonic uplift and sea retreat since the Eocene with potential contribution of global climate changes. However, the cause and timing of these paleoenvironmental changes remain poorly constrained. The recently well-dated continental mudflat to ephemeral saline lake sedimentary succession, situated in the Xining Basin at the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (NW China), provides a unique opportunity to develop additional proxy successions in this area that are placed accurately in time. Here, a palynological record from this succession is reported. High abundances of desert and steppe-desert taxa such as Ephedripites and Nitrariadites/Nitraripollis are found, which can be differentiated by the presence of broad leaved deciduous forest taxa in the lower part of the section (particularly up to 36.4 Ma; magnetochron C16r), and a sudden increase of Pinaceae (Pinuspollenites, Piceaepollenites and Abiespollenites) which is dated at 36.1 Ma (C16n.2n). Coexistence Approach (CoA) indicates that from 39.9 to 36.4 Ma (C17n.1n) regional climate was warm and wet, while from 36.4 to 33.5 Ma (C16n.2n-C13r) climate tends to be cooler and drier. The data indicate that paleoenvironmental and palynological changes on the NE part of the Tibetan Plateau resulted from a combination of long-term tectonic uplift forcing and long-and short-term climate changes. The increase of taxa such as Piceaepollenites and Abiespollenites indicates not only a cooling and drying trend prior to the Eocene/Oligocene (E/O) boundary, but also the existence of high altitude mountain habitats in the periphery of the Xining Basin. The sudden Pinaceae event correlates closely in time with a marked aridification step as viewed from the lithology of the Xining Basin that was linked to the sea retreat out of the Tarim Basin.

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A late Eocene palynological record of climate change and Tibetan Plateau uplift (Xining Basin, China)

Hoorn

Straathof

Abels

et al. 2012

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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“…However, the Late Miocene is also a period of a severe climatic and ecological reorganization already initiated around 10 Ma, when the European continent progressively shifted from more or less homogeneous humid conditions to drier conditions with higher levels of climatic and ecological heterogeneity. In fact, the Middle Turolian (7.6-6.8 Ma) is a period of upsurge of dry and open habitats as can be deduced from the great expansion of the savanna-adapted Pikermian faunas (Solounias et al, 1999) and the paleopalinologic record (fossil pollen and spores) (Fauquette et al, 2006). However it is between the Middle and Late Turolian (7-5 Ma) when the major break in climatic conditions occurred according to the levels of mammalian hypsodonty, with a transient phase of strong aridity dominating a large part of continental Europe (Fortelius et al, 2002(Fortelius et al, , 2006Van Dam, 2006).…”

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Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex)

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Litvinchuk

Crochet

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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“…During the M/P, some thermophilic plants disappeared from the Mediterranean shores, like mangroves, probably due to the high salinity environment. Others migrated towards north by the end of the MSC due to an increase in coastal aridity [106]. This transition is also marked by the appearance of the Sahara Desert (although the central area of the Sahara was already a small desert at 7 Ma) due to constant phenomena of increases in aridification [73] and, in the opposite direction, the disappearance of Paratethys [119].…”

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“…Even so, this epoch was warmer than today, even if it had a less or equal p CO2 compared to pre-industrial levels (≤ 390 ppm) [5]. During the Miocene several major important climatic events took place: the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO) [6,8,9], the beginning of the Arctic glacia-tion [4,10], the two European washhouse events [11,12] and the Messinian Salinity Crisis [13][14][15][16][17][18]. All these events induced changes in European climate, and the MCO appears as the first Neogene climate event with potential to be used as a climate analogue for future climate projections.…”

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Observing the past to better understand thefuture: a synthesis of the Neogene climate inEurope and its perspectives on present climatechange

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A review of the entire Neogene climate in Europe is a useful tool for climate researchers, synthesizing present day knowledge on a variety of past warmer climate modes thus facilitating the debate regarding possible future climate scenarios in the Old Continent. This work centres on the European scenario, debating possible future projections and describing the Miocene and Pliocene climate in the Old Continent. With present evidences of a global warming scenario, it is highly important that we look at past climatic events in order to better predict future climate changes impact in biodiversity. The review presented here synthesizes the literature regarding climate, faunal and floral evolution for the European Neogene, and aims to help palaeoclimatic researchers and climatologists to characterize some of the boundary conditions for modelling possible analogous of IPPC climate scenarios. If the future climate projections come to be true, it is shown that the Pliocene, and particularly the Mid Piacenzian Warm Period, should be considered as the best analogue for the impact of a warming climate in Europe.

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How much did climate force the Messinian salinity crisis? Quantified climatic conditions from pollen records in the Mediterranean region

Cited by 181 publications

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A late Eocene palynological record of climate change and Tibetan Plateau uplift (Xining Basin, China)

A late Eocene palynological record of climate change and Tibetan Plateau uplift (Xining Basin, China)

Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex)

Observing the past to better understand thefuture: a synthesis of the Neogene climate inEurope and its perspectives on present climatechange

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