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| Titel |
Reconstruction of MIS 5 climate in the central Levant using a stalagmite from Kanaan Cave, Lebanon |
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C. Nehme, S. Verheyden, S. R. Noble, A. R. Farrant, D. Sahy, J. Hellstrom, J. J. Delannoy, P. Claeys |
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Englisch
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1814-9324
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In: Climate of the Past ; 11, no. 12 ; Nr. 11, no. 12 (2015-12-21), S.1785-1799 |
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250117494
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/cp-11-1785-2015.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Lying at the transition between the temperate Mediterranean domain and
subtropical deserts, the Levant is a key area to study the palaeoclimatic
response over glacial–interglacial cycles. This paper presents a precisely
dated last interglacial (MIS 5) stalagmite (129–84 ka) from the Kanaan
Cave, Lebanon. Variations in growth rate and isotopic records indicate a
warm humid phase at the onset of the last interglacial at ~ 129 ka that lasted until ~ 125 ka. A gradual shift in speleothem
isotopic composition (125–122 ka) is driven mainly by the δ18O
source effect of the eastern Mediterranean surface waters during sapropel 5 (S5). The onset of glacial inception began after ~ 122 ka,
interrupted by a short wet pulse during the sapropel 4 (S4) event. Low growth rates and
enriched oxygen and carbon values until ~ 84 ka indicate a
transition to drier conditions during Northern Hemisphere glaciation. |
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