Late Pliocene millennial to Milankovitch-scale climate variability: A case study of marine isotope stages 101-95 in the Mediterranean and adjacent North Atlantic

Abstract

The selected time interval and sections should shed new light on the following fundamental research questions: Are sub-Milankovitch frequencies present in the late Pliocene with frequencies similar to those observed in the late Pleistocene and, if so, is the climate mechanism comparable (Chapter 2)? What is the relationship of these signals with high latitude and low latitude climate (Chapter 3 and 4)? Are the phase relations of the different climate components with respect to the primary forcing frequencies (obliquity and precession) constant within the studied interval and are they comparable with those of the Pleistocene (Chapter 5)? What is the role of sub-Milankovitch variability on the time lags of climate change on Milankovitch scales? And, finally, is it possible to couple the observed sub-Milankovitch variations with primary Milankovitch frequencies (Chapter 6)?