Comment on “Is there a paleolimnological explanation for ‘walking on water’ in the Sea of Galilee?” |
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| Authors: | Matthias Prange Helge Arz Frank Lamy |
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| Institution: | (1) DFG Research Center Ocean Margins, University of Bremen, Klagenfurter Str., 28334 Bremen, Germany;(2) GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany;(3) Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany |
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| Abstract: | In a recent paper, Nof et al. (J Paleolimnol 35:417–439, 2006) suggest a physical mechanism which could account for the formation
of ice on Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) in northern Israel. Based on the sea surface temperature record of sediment cores
from the Mediterranean Sea the authors argue that centennial-scale cold events had the potential to trigger local ‘springs
ice’ formation on the lake in the past. Here, we demonstrate that a closer inspection of the paleoceanographic record in combination
with correlation and regression analyses of meteorological data provides no evidence for such cold events in the lake region
during the last 10,000 years. Thus, the formation of ‘springs ice’ on Lake Kinneret was unlikely at least since the beginning
of the Neolithic. |
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| Keywords: | ‘ Walking on water’ Lake Kinneret Lake freezing Atmosphere– ocean interaction Northern Red Sea Holocene |
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