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Giry, Cyril; Felis, Thomas; Kölling, Martin; Wei, Wei; Lohmann, Gerrit; Scheffers, Sander R (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O records from Bonaire corals. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811146, Supplement to: Giry, C et al. (2013): Controls of Caribbean surface hydrology during the mid- to late Holocene: insights from monthly resolved coral records. Climate of the Past, 9, 841-858, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-841-2013

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Abstract:
Several proxy-based and modeling studies have investigated long-term changes in Caribbean climate during the Holocene, however, very little is known on its variability on short timescales. Here we reconstruct seasonality and interannual to multidecadal variability of sea surface hydrology of the southern Caribbean Sea by applying paired coral Sr/Ca and d18O measurements on fossil annually banded Diploria strigosa corals from Bonaire. This allows for better understanding of seasonal to multidecadal variability of the Caribbean hydrological cycle during the mid- to late Holocene. The monthly resolved coral Delta d18O records are used as a proxy for the oxygen isotopic composition of seawater (d18Osw) of the southern Caribbean Sea. Consistent with modern day conditions, annual d18Osw cycles reconstructed from three modern corals reveal that freshwater budget at the study site is influenced by both net precipitation and advection of tropical freshwater brought by wind-driven surface currents. In contrast, the annual d18Osw cycle reconstructed from a mid-Holocene coral indicates a sharp peak towards more negative values in summer, suggesting intense summer precipitation at 6 ka BP (before present). In line with this, our model simulations indicate that increased seasonality of the hydrological cycle at 6 ka BP results from enhanced precipitation in summertime. On interannual to multidecadal timescales, the systematic positive correlation observed between reconstructed sea surface temperature and salinity suggests that freshwater discharged from the Orinoco and Amazon rivers and transported into the Caribbean by wind-driven surface currents is a critical component influencing sea surface hydrology on these timescales.
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 25575884: Integrierte Analyse zwischeneiszeitlicher Klimadynamik
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 12.157378 * Median Longitude: -68.262987 * South-bound Latitude: 12.081800 * West-bound Longitude: -68.403310 * North-bound Latitude: 12.252560 * East-bound Longitude: -68.195930
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  1. Giry, C; Felis, T; Kölling, M et al. (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O record from Bonaire coral BON-0-A, 2009 AD. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811137
  2. Giry, C; Felis, T; Kölling, M et al. (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O record from Bonaire coral BON-3-E, 6.22 ka. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811139
  3. Giry, C; Felis, T; Kölling, M et al. (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O record from Bonaire coral BON-4-G, 4.27 ka. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811140
  4. Giry, C; Felis, T; Kölling, M et al. (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O record from Bonaire coral BON-6-A, 2.35 ka. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811141
  5. Giry, C; Felis, T; Kölling, M et al. (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O record from Bonaire coral BON-7-A, 3.79 ka. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811142
  6. Giry, C; Felis, T; Kölling, M et al. (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O record from Bonaire coral BON-7-B, 3.83 ka. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811143
  7. Giry, C; Felis, T; Kölling, M et al. (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O record from Bonaire coral BON-9-A, 1912 AD. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811144
  8. Giry, C; Felis, T; Kölling, M et al. (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O record from Bonaire coral BON-9-B, 1957 AD. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811145
  9. Giry, C; Felis, T; Kölling, M et al. (2013): Monthly interpolated coral δ¹⁸O record from Bonaire coral BON-20-A, 1.84 ka. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811138