Abstract:
This data set consists of Black Sea/Red Sea Oxygen Isotope and Terrigeneous
Flux Data. High-resolution sediment cores from the southwestern Black Sea and
the northernmost Gulf of Aqaba were used to infer hydroclimatic changes in
northern Anatolia and the northern Red Sea region during the last ~7500 years.
Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, core GeoB 5804-4:
GeoB 5804-4
... (29 deg. 30.1'N, 34 deg. 57.4'E; 464 m water depth)
Black Sea, cores GeoB 7622-2 and 7625-2:
GeoB 7622-2 (41 deg. 32.1'N, 31 deg. 10.1'E, 1305 m water depth)
GeoB 7625-2 (41 deg. 26.7'N, 31 deg. 04.0'E, 1242 m water depth)
Abstract
Paleoenvironmental proxy data for ocean properties, eolian sediment input, and
continental rainfall based on high-resolution analyses of sediment cores from
the southwestern Black Sea and the northernmost Gulf of Aqaba were used to
infer hydroclimatic changes in northern Anatolia and the northern Red Sea
region during the last ~7500 years. Pronounced and coherent multicentennial
variations in these records reveal patterns that strongly resemble modern
temperature and rainfall anomalies related to the Arctic Oscillation/ North
Atlantic Oscillation (AO/NAO). These patterns suggest a prominent role of
AO/NAO-like atmospheric variability during the Holocene beyond interannual to
interdecadal timescales, most likely originating from solar output changes. 
