Late glacial to Holocene water level and climate changes in the Gulf of Gemlik, Sea of Marmara: evidence from multi-proxy data

The Holocene history of the NE Black Sea and surrounding areas: An integrated record of marine and terrestrial palaeoenvironmental change

“…The Sofular Cave record (Göktürk et al, 2011) highlighted enhanced and more intense precipitations in the southern Black Sea region between 9.6 and 5.4 cal ka BP, in agreement with regional climatic trends reconstructed from pollen records from the east Mediterreanean (e.g., Kotthoff et al, 2008). However, further west, in the Marmara Sea, in the Gulf of Gemlik, sedimentary records suggest dry conditions between 8.2 and 5.4 cal ka BP followed by alternation of wet and dry climate conditions (Filikci et al, 2017). Pollen record from Varna Lake suggests relatively humid conditions early Holocene until 5.6 cal ka BP with continental conditions replacing oceanic ones (Filipova-Marinova et al, 2016).…”

“…However, further west, in the Marmara Sea, in the Gulf of Gemlik, sedimentary records suggest dry conditions between 8.2 and 5.4 cal. ka BP followed by alternation of wet and dry climate conditions (Filikci et al, 2017). Pollen record from Varna Lake suggests relatively humid conditions early-Holocene until 5.6 cal.…”

Referee Comment on Yanchilina et al. submission to Climate of the Past

“…L175: Literature exits for Gemlik lake: Gasperini et al, 2011;Taviani et al, 2014 ;Filikci et al, 2017 L195: Same conclusions has been reached by Vidal et al (2010). there is no obvious relationship between the age of the sediment and its pore water composition.…”

“…The authors may also integrate the new 87Sr/86Sr data from the Black Sea published in Ankindinova et al (2019). Also, literature on the Gemlik Lake exists and some cores were dated and may be useful to the study (Gasperini et al, 2011;Taviani et al, 2014;Filikci et al, 2017). A review paper about the connectivity between basins in the Caspian Sea -Black Sea -Marmara Sea through time has been recently published and could be integrated to the study (Krijgsman et al, 2018).…”

Response to RC3

“…Reviewer: L175: Literature exits for Gemlik lake: Gasperini et al, 2011;Taviani et al, 2014 ;Filikci et al, 2017 Response to reviewer:…”