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Research article
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16 Sep 2019
Research article |
| 16 Sep 2019
| 16 Sep 2019
Enhanced Mediterranean water cycle explains increased humidity during MIS 3 in North Africa
Mike Rogerson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road,
Hull, HU6 7RX, UK
Yuri Dublyansky
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
Dirk L. Hoffmann
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
Marc Luetscher
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
Swiss Institute for Speleology and Karst Studies (ISSKA), Rue de la Serre 68,
2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Paul Töchterle
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
Christoph Spötl
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
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- Central Mediterranean rainfall varied with high northern latitude temperatures during the last deglaciation A. Columbu et al. 10.1038/s43247-022-00509-3
- Precessional Drivers of Late Miocene Mediterranean Sedimentary Sequences: African Summer Monsoon and Atlantic Winter Storm Tracks A. Marzocchi et al. 10.1029/2019PA003721
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- Past 200 kyr hydroclimate variability in the western Mediterranean and its connection to the African Humid Periods J. Camuera et al. 10.1038/s41598-022-12047-1
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- Analytical Expressions of Radiocarbon Distribution in Transient State Unconfined Aquifers and Their Application to Determination of Past and Present Recharges of North Africa Aquifers A. Chekireb et al. 10.1029/2021WR030018
- A comparison of isotope ratio mass spectrometry and cavity ring‐down spectroscopy techniques for isotope analysis of fluid inclusion water S. de Graaf et al. 10.1002/rcm.8837
- Nature and dynamics of North African humid and dry periods during the last 200,000 years documented in the clay fraction of Eastern Mediterranean deep-sea sediments W. Ehrmann & G. Schmiedl 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106925
- Analytical Artefacts Preclude Reliable Isotope Ratio Measurement of Internal Water in Coral Skeletons S. de Graaf et al. 10.1111/ggr.12445
- Disentangling orbital, sub-orbital, and tectonic signatures from lacustrine sediments developed upon a half-graben (Lake Ifrah Basin, Northwest Africa): Insights into lowest-rank T-R sequences in low accommodation basins K. Azennoud et al. 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2023.106376
- Cold-Water Coral Mound Archive Provides Unique Insights Into Intermediate Water Mass Dynamics in the Alboran Sea During the Last Deglaciation R. Fentimen et al. 10.3389/fmars.2020.00354
- Humid phases on the southwestern Arabian Peninsula are consistent with the last two interglacials A. Stone et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108333
- Drivers of river reactivation in North Africa during the last glacial cycle C. Blanchet et al. 10.1038/s41561-020-00671-3
- The spatiotemporal extent of the Green Sahara during the last glacial period Y. Ait Brahim et al. 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107018
- Characterization and Correction of Evaporative Artifacts in Speleothem Fluid Inclusion Isotope Analyses as Applied to a Stalagmite From Borneo A. Fernandez et al. 10.1029/2023GC010857
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Short summary
Rainfall in North Africa is known to vary through time and is likely to change as global climate warms. Here, we provide a new level of understanding about past rainfall in North Africa by looking at a stalagmite which formed within northeastern Libya between 67 and 30 thousand years ago. We find that at times more rain falls, and the associated moisture is mostly derived from the western Mediterranean during winter storms. Sometimes, water comes from the eastern Mediterranean.
Rainfall in North Africa is known to vary through time and is likely to change as global climate...
