@misc{grimm_late_glacial_2015, 
author={Grimm, R., Maier-Reimer, E., Mikolajewicz, U., Schmiedel, G., Müller-Navarra, K., Adloff, F., Grant, K., Ziegler, M., Lourens, L., Emeis, K.},
title={Late glacial initiation of Holocene eastern Mediterranean sapropel formation},
year={2015},
howpublished = {journal article},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8099},
abstract = {Recurrent deposition of organic-rich sediment layers (sapropels) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is caused by complex interactions between climatic and biogeochemical processes. Disentangling these influences is therefore important for Mediterranean palaeo-studies in particular, and for understanding ocean feedback processes in general. Crucially, sapropels are diagnostic of anoxic deep-water phases, which have been attributed to deep-water stagnation, enhanced biological production or both. Here we use an ocean-biogeochemical model to test the effects of commonly proposed climatic and biogeochemical causes for sapropel S1. Our results indicate that deep-water anoxia requires a long prelude of deep-water stagnation, with no particularly strong eutrophication. The model-derived time frame agrees with foraminiferal δ13C records that imply cessation of deep-water renewal from at least Heinrich event 1 to the early Holocene. The simulated low particulate organic carbon burial flux agrees with pre-sapropel reconstructions. Our results offer a mechanistic explanation of glacial–interglacial influence on sapropel formation.},
note = {Online available at: \url{https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8099} (DOI). Grimm, R.; Maier-Reimer, E.; Mikolajewicz, U.; Schmiedel, G.; Müller-Navarra, K.; Adloff, F.; Grant, K.; Ziegler, M.; Lourens, L.; Emeis, K.: Late glacial initiation of Holocene eastern Mediterranean sapropel formation. Nature Communications. 2015. vol. 6, 7099. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8099}}