Stalagmite evidence of Last Glacial Maximum to early Holocene climate variability in southwestern Iran
<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Glacial periods and their terminations are useful for assessing the full scale of natural climate variability in the diverse climate regions of West Asia (i.e. deserts, mountains, alluvial plains, coastal zones). In this study, we report the...
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ftunivcam:oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/342665 2024-02-04T10:02:31+01:00 Stalagmite evidence of Last Glacial Maximum to early Holocene climate variability in southwestern Iran Soleimani, Mojgan Nadimi, Alireza Koltai, Gabriella Dublyansky, Yuri Carolin, Stacy Spotl, Christoph 2022-10-29T08:00:04Z application/pdf text/xml https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/342665 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.90080 en eng eng Wiley http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3478 JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/342665 doi:10.17863/CAM.90080 Heinrich Stadial 1 Iran stalagmite Last Glacial Maximum Termination I Article 2022 ftunivcam https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.90080 2024-01-11T23:20:20Z <jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Glacial periods and their terminations are useful for assessing the full scale of natural climate variability in the diverse climate regions of West Asia (i.e. deserts, mountains, alluvial plains, coastal zones). In this study, we report the first stalagmite stable isotope (δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O and δ<jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C) records from the southern Zagros Mountains in southwest Iran. The records partially span the period from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the early Holocene, 24.2–9.6 thousand years before the present. The southwest Iran stalagmite δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O and δ<jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C records indicate that climate and environment in the area differed substantially between the LGM and early Holocene. High stalagmite δ<jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C values are found at the LGM (7‰ greater compared to the early Holocene), and are attributed to sparse vegetation and reduced soil bio‐productivity, and possibly a greater degree of prior calcite precipitation in the epikarst, as a result of a cold and dry climate. Stalagmite δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O values are also high at the LGM (4‰ greater compared to the early Holocene), and are attributed to lower temperatures (larger water–calcite isotope fractionation) and higher δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O values of the moisture sources (Mediterranean and Red Seas). Through the deglaciation, stalagmite δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O, δ<jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C and/or growth features coincide with the North Atlantic Heinrich Stadial 1, the Bølling–Allerød warm period and the Younger Dryas cold event, supporting a relationship between southern Zagros climate and the North Atlantic millennial events.</jats:p> Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Glacial periods and their terminations are useful for assessing the full scale of natural climate variability in the diverse climate regions of West Asia (i.e. deserts, mountains, alluvial plains, coastal zones). In this study, we report the first stalagmite stable isotope (δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O and δ<jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C) records from the southern Zagros Mountains in southwest Iran. The records partially span the period from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the early Holocene, 24.2–9.6 thousand years before the present. The southwest Iran stalagmite δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O and δ<jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C records indicate that climate and environment in the area differed substantially between the LGM and early Holocene. High stalagmite δ<jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C values are found at the LGM (7‰ greater compared to the early Holocene), and are attributed to sparse vegetation and reduced soil bio‐productivity, and possibly a greater degree of prior calcite precipitation in the epikarst, as a result of a cold and dry climate. Stalagmite δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O values are also high at the LGM (4‰ greater compared to the early Holocene), and are attributed to lower temperatures (larger water–calcite isotope fractionation) and higher δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O values of the moisture sources (Mediterranean and Red Seas). Through the deglaciation, stalagmite δ<jats:sup>18</jats:sup>O, δ<jats:sup>13</jats:sup>C and/or growth features coincide with the North Atlantic Heinrich Stadial 1, the Bølling–Allerød warm period and the Younger Dryas cold event, supporting a relationship between southern Zagros climate and the North Atlantic millennial events.</jats:p> |
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Stalagmite evidence of Last Glacial Maximum to early Holocene climate variability in southwestern Iran |
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Stalagmite evidence of Last Glacial Maximum to early Holocene climate variability in southwestern Iran |
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Stalagmite evidence of Last Glacial Maximum to early Holocene climate variability in southwestern Iran |
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Stalagmite evidence of Last Glacial Maximum to early Holocene climate variability in southwestern Iran |
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stalagmite evidence of last glacial maximum to early holocene climate variability in southwestern iran |
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