Millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean
Millennial to orbital-scale rainfall changes in the Mediterranean region and corresponding variations in vegetation patterns were the result of large-scale atmospheric reorganizations. In spite of recent efforts to reconstruct this variability using a range of proxy archives, the underlying physical...
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ftunivbern:oai:boris.unibe.ch:74528 2023-08-20T04:08:20+02:00 Millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean Stockhecke, Mona Timmermann, Axel Kipfer, Rolf Haug, Gerald H. Kwiecien, Ola Friedrich, Tobias Menviel, Laurie Litt, Thomas Pickarski, Nadine Anselmetti, Flavio 2016 application/pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/74528/1/Stockheckeetal2016_QSR.pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/74528/ eng eng Elsevier https://boris.unibe.ch/74528/ info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Stockhecke, Mona; Timmermann, Axel; Kipfer, Rolf; Haug, Gerald H.; Kwiecien, Ola; Friedrich, Tobias; Menviel, Laurie; Litt, Thomas; Pickarski, Nadine; Anselmetti, Flavio (2016). Millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 133, pp. 77-95. Elsevier 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.016> 550 Earth sciences & geology info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion PeerReviewed 2016 ftunivbern https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.016 2023-07-31T21:21:40Z Millennial to orbital-scale rainfall changes in the Mediterranean region and corresponding variations in vegetation patterns were the result of large-scale atmospheric reorganizations. In spite of recent efforts to reconstruct this variability using a range of proxy archives, the underlying physical mechanisms have remained elusive. Through the analysis of a new high-resolution sedimentary section from Lake Van (Turkey) along with climate modeling experiments, we identify massive droughts in the Eastern Med- iterranean for the past four glacial cycles, which have a pervasive link with known intervals of enhanced North Atlantic glacial iceberg calving, weaker Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and Dansgaard-Oeschger cold conditions. On orbital timescales, the topographic effect of large Northern Hemisphere ice sheets and periods with minimum insolation seasonality further exacerbated drought intensities by suppressing both summer and winter precipitation. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic BORIS (Bern Open Repository and Information System, University of Bern) Quaternary Science Reviews 133 77 95 |
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Millennial to orbital-scale rainfall changes in the Mediterranean region and corresponding variations in vegetation patterns were the result of large-scale atmospheric reorganizations. In spite of recent efforts to reconstruct this variability using a range of proxy archives, the underlying physical mechanisms have remained elusive. Through the analysis of a new high-resolution sedimentary section from Lake Van (Turkey) along with climate modeling experiments, we identify massive droughts in the Eastern Med- iterranean for the past four glacial cycles, which have a pervasive link with known intervals of enhanced North Atlantic glacial iceberg calving, weaker Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and Dansgaard-Oeschger cold conditions. On orbital timescales, the topographic effect of large Northern Hemisphere ice sheets and periods with minimum insolation seasonality further exacerbated drought intensities by suppressing both summer and winter precipitation. |
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Stockhecke, Mona Timmermann, Axel Kipfer, Rolf Haug, Gerald H. Kwiecien, Ola Friedrich, Tobias Menviel, Laurie Litt, Thomas Pickarski, Nadine Anselmetti, Flavio |
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Millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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Millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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Millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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Millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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Millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the eastern mediterranean |
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Stockhecke, Mona; Timmermann, Axel; Kipfer, Rolf; Haug, Gerald H.; Kwiecien, Ola; Friedrich, Tobias; Menviel, Laurie; Litt, Thomas; Pickarski, Nadine; Anselmetti, Flavio (2016). Millennial to orbital-scale variations of drought intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 133, pp. 77-95. Elsevier 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.016 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.016> |
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