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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
Department of Earth and History of Life, Royal Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Brussels, Belgium
Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
S. Verheyden
Department of Earth and History of Life, Royal Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Brussels, Belgium
Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
S. R. Noble
NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
A. R. Farrant
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
D. Sahy
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
J. Hellstrom
Geochemistry Laboratory, Earth Science Department, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
J. J. Delannoy
Laboratoire EDYTEM UMR5204 CNRS, Université de Savoie, Bourget-du-Lac, France
P. Claeys
Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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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.
The Levant is a key area to study palaeoclimatic responses over G-IG cycles. A precisely dated...
