P5. Unravelling paleoclimatic proxies from ancient successions in the Neogene-to-Quaternary of the Mediterranean Basin

Unravelling the dynamics between carbon cycle perturbations, climate changes and their consequences on natural systems is one of the most urgent challenges. To predict future scenarios, it is critical to understand these dynamics and their impacts in the geological past. The Mediterranean is a unique area in terms of climate and oceanography, geodynamic evolution and geological heterogeneity, and it is suffering higher rates of global warming in comparison to the global average, making it a compelling natural laboratory.
This session aims at discussing the paleoclimatic evolution of the Mediterranean area from the Neogene to the Quaternary with a multidisciplinary approach, necessary to identify how global changes and the Mediterranean paleoceanographic evolution controlled different sedimentary environments and carbonate production.
We welcome sedimentological contributions focused on the unravelling of paleo-environmental changes in continental to deep-marine environments of the Mediterranean, as well as stratigraphic studies using different paleoclimatic proxies, ranging from micropaleontology to isotope geochemistry, including but not limited to carbon and oxygen isotopes, Sr istopes and Nd isotopes.