Hybrid insolation forcing of Pliocene monsoon dynamics in West Africa

Kuechler, Rony R.; Dupont, Lydie M.; Schefuß, Enno

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-73-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-73-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-73-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Research article

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16 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 16 Jan 2018

Hybrid insolation forcing of Pliocene monsoon dynamics in West Africa

Rony R. Kuechler, Lydie M. Dupont, and Enno Schefuß

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RC1: 'Review of Kuechler, Dupont and Schefuss', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'response to Referee #1', Lydie Dupont, 24 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Review MS No.: cp-2017-75', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'response to Referee #2', Lydie Dupont, 24 Oct 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Oct 2017) by Luc Beaufort

AR by Lydie Dupont on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (28 Nov 2017) by Luc Beaufort

AR by Lydie Dupont on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Nov 2017) by Luc Beaufort

Short summary

Measuring deuterium and stable carbon isotopes of higher plant wax extracted from marine sediments offshore of Mauritania, we recovered a record of hydrology and vegetation change in West Africa for two Pliocene intervals: 5.0–4.6 and 3.6–3.0 Ma. We find that changes in local summer insolation cannot fully explain the variations in the West African monsoon and that latitudinal insolation and temperature gradients are important drivers of tropical monsoon systems.