TY - JOUR
AU1 - de la Vara, A.
AU2 - Meijer, P. Th.
AU3 - Wortel, M. J. R.
AU4 - 
AB - The early Mediterranean Sea and the Paratethys were both connected to the Indian Ocean until the Early/Middle Miocene, when the convergence of the Eurasian and African-Arabian plates caused the constriction and final closure of the Indian Gateway. 5 Although little is certain concerning the timing of the closure and the consequences that it entailed, it is broadly accepted that it had a large effect on water properties and ocean dynamics on the regional and global scales and, in that way, may have also played a role in the evolution of climate. The purpose of this work is to investigate the palaeocirculation of the Mediterranean 10 Sea and the Paratethys during different stages of closure and the impact of this event on the water exchange between the Mediterranean and the adjacent Indian and Atlantic oceans. To this extent we use a regional ocean model and an Early Miocene palaeo- geographic map. In addition to varying the depth of the Indian Gateway, different sets of values for the atmospheric forcing have been applied in order to check the robustness 15 of our results and to understand the role of the temperature and net evaporation on the marine circulation and the strait 
TI - Model study of the circulation of the Miocene Mediterranean Sea and Paratethys: closure of the Indian Gateway
DO - 10.5194/cpd-9-4385-2013
DA - 2013-08-05
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/model-study-of-the-circulation-of-the-miocene-mediterranean-sea-and-mSsAijs6Yo
DP - DeepDyve
ER -