The influence of orbital parameters on the North American Monsoon system during the Last Interglacial Period
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DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3311
Abstract: The response of summer precipitation in the western U.S. to climate variability remains a subject of uncertainty. For example, paleoclimate records indicate the North American monsoon (NAM) was stronger and spatially more extensive during the… read more here.
Keywords: american monsoon; response; last interglacial; monsoon ... See more keywords
The marine terraces of Santa Cruz Island, California: Implications for glacial isostatic adjustment models of last-interglacial sea-level history
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107826
Abstract: Abstract Glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) models hypothesize that along coastal California, last interglacial (LIG, broadly from ~130 to ~115 ka) sea level could have been as high as +11 m to +13 m, relative to present, substantially higher… read more here.
Keywords: sea level; last interglacial; glacial isostatic; marine terraces ... See more keywords
The MIS 5a (~80 ka) Middle Stone Age lithic assemblages from Melikane Rockshelter, Lesotho: Highland adaptation and social fragmentation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.046
Abstract: Abstract Multidisciplinary research suggests that Marine Isotope Stage 5 (~130–74 ka) was an important evolutionary stage in African deep history. Population expansion and growth spurred changes in material culture as well as the exploration of… read more here.
Keywords: age; last interglacial; melikane rockshelter; highland ... See more keywords
Last interglacial sea levels and regional tectonics from fossil coral reefs in the northeast Gulf of Aqaba
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.04.031
Abstract: Abstract Elevated reef terraces in the northeast Gulf of Aqaba (GOA) constrain the history of tectonic uplift and local relative sea level changes during the last interglacial period. These relative sea level changes were inferred… read more here.
Keywords: sea level; sea; last interglacial; tectonics ... See more keywords
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and δ13C Variability During the Last Interglacial
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DOI: 10.1029/2019pa003818
Abstract: The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is thought to be relatively vigorous and stable during Interglacial periods on multimillennial (equilibrium) timescales. However, recent proxy (δ13C benthic) reconstructions suggest that higher frequency variability in deep water… read more here.
Keywords: meridional overturning; last interglacial; north atlantic; atlantic meridional ... See more keywords
Arctic Ocean sea ice cover during the penultimate glacial and the last interglacial
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00552-1
Abstract: Coinciding with global warming, Arctic sea ice has rapidly decreased during the last four decades and climate scenarios suggest that sea ice may completely disappear during summer within the next about 50–100 years. Here we… read more here.
Keywords: arctic ocean; ice; last interglacial; sea ice ... See more keywords
Higher sea surface temperature in the Indian Ocean during the Last Interglacial weakened the South Asian monsoon
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107720119
Abstract: Significance Understanding the drivers of South Asian monsoon intensity is pivotal for improving climate forecasting under global warming scenarios. Solar insolation is assumed to be the dominant driver of monsoon variability in warm climate regimes,… read more here.
Keywords: indian ocean; higher sea; last interglacial; south asian ... See more keywords
Last Interglacial changes in sea level on Aldabra, western Indian Ocean
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DOI: 10.1111/sed.12738
Abstract: The Pleistocene limestones on the island of Aldabra in the western Indian Ocean preserve a detailed record of the Last Interglacial interval. Sedimentological analysis has revealed that this interval, formerly regarded as reflecting rapid sea‐level… read more here.
Keywords: indian ocean; sea level; aldabra western; last interglacial ... See more keywords
Agreement between reconstructed and modeled boreal precipitation of the Last Interglacial
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax7047
Abstract: Models used to project climate change agree with geological evidence of precipitation in most boreal land in a past warm climate. The last extended time period when climate may have been warmer than today was… read more here.
Keywords: precipitation; boreal; agreement reconstructed; climate ... See more keywords
Human footprints provide snapshot of last interglacial ecology in the Arabian interior
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba8940
Abstract: Ancient human footprints in Saudi Arabia provide snapshot of Arabian ecology 120,000 years ago. The nature of human dispersals out of Africa has remained elusive because of the poor resolution of paleoecological data in direct… read more here.
Keywords: human footprints; footprints provide; last interglacial; provide snapshot ... See more keywords
Alaskan marine transgressions record out-of-phase Arctic Ocean glaciation during the last interglacial
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DOI: 10.1130/g40345.1
Abstract: Ongoing climate change focuses attention on the Arctic cryosphere’s responses to past and future climate states. Although it is now recognized the Arctic Ocean Basin was covered by ice sheets and their associated floating ice… read more here.
Keywords: ice sheets; marine transgressions; last interglacial; arctic ocean ... See more keywords