We generated high-resolution biochronological records in the Mediterranean Sea covering the period extending to the Late-glacial. The present study is based on micropaleontological, sea-surface temperature (SST) and oxygen isotopic analyses performed along three well-dated deep-sea cores: REC1353, KET80–19 and MD84–641 recovered in the Siculo-Tunisian Strait, Tyrrhenian Sea and Levantine Basin, respectively. The quantitative distributional patterns of planktic foraminifera permitted to identify seven biozones based on the apparition and/or disappearance of the main specific taxa or by their noticeable abundance peaks. Abundance records display that major changes in planktic foraminiferal assemblages have a similar pattern mainly in central and western basins. In particular, four recognized bio-events can be used to establish or to improve the chronology of Mediterranean deep-sea cores. The comparison of the SST estimates and foraminiferal records with those of NGRIP ice-core shows a similarity between the Greenland climate and the Mediterranean hydrology. This indicates that the main climate changes recorded in the North Atlantic are globally in phase with those observed in the Mediterranean region.

我们在地中海地区生成了高分辨率的生物年代学记录，涵盖了到晚冰期的时期。本研究是基于沿三个日期合理的深海核心区进行的微古生物学，海表温度（SST）和氧同位素分析：在西库洛-突尼斯海峡，第勒尼安海和西非恢复的REC1353，KET80-19和MD84-641。黎凡特盆地。浮游有孔虫的定量分布模式可以根据主要特定分类群的消失和/或明显的丰度峰来确定七个生物区。大量记录显示，板状有孔虫组合的主要变化主要在中部和西部盆地具有相似的模式。特别是，可以使用四个公认的生物事件来建立或改善地中海深海核心的时间顺序。SST估计值和有孔虫记录与NGRIP冰芯的比较表明，格陵兰岛气候与地中海水文学之间具有相似性。这表明，北大西洋记录的主要气候变化在全球范围内与地中海区域观测到的相一致。