Reconstruction of MIS 5 climate in the central Levant using a stalagmite from Kanaan Cave, Lebanon

Nehme, C.; Verheyden, S.; Noble, S. R.; Farrant, A. R.; Sahy, D.; Hellstrom, J.; Delannoy, J. J.; Claeys, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1785-2015

Articles | Volume 11, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1785-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1785-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 12

Research article

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21 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 21 Dec 2015

Reconstruction of MIS 5 climate in the central Levant using a stalagmite from Kanaan Cave, Lebanon

C. Nehme, S. Verheyden, S. R. Noble, A. R. Farrant, D. Sahy, J. Hellstrom, J. J. Delannoy, and P. Claeys

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RC C1441: '"Paleoclimate reconstructionin the Levantregion....a review', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Aug 2015
- AC C2290: 'Authors responses on the referee’s comments:', Carole Nehme, 15 Nov 2015
RC C1453: 'Review of the manuscript “Paleoclimate reconstruction in the Levant region from the petrography and the geochemistry of a MIS-5 stalagmite from the Kanaan Cave, Lebanon.”', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Aug 2015
- AC C2307: 'Authors' response to the referee comment', Carole Nehme, 15 Nov 2015

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (24 Nov 2015) by Dominik Fleitmann

AR by Carole Nehme on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Dec 2015) by Dominik Fleitmann

AR by Carole Nehme on behalf of the Authors (10 Dec 2015)

Short summary

The Levant is a key area to study palaeoclimatic responses over G-IG cycles. A precisely dated MIS 5 stalagmite (129–84ka) from Kanaan Cave, Lebanon, with growth rate and isotopic records variations indicate a warm humid phase at the last interglacial (~129-125ka). A shift in δ18O values (125-122ka) is driven by the source effect of the eastern Med. during sapropel 5 (S5). Low growth rates and high δ18O-δ13C values (~122-84ka) mark the onset of glacial inception and transition to drier phase.