Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1771-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1771-2017
Research article
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04 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 04 Dec 2017

Three distinct Holocene intervals of stalagmite deposition and nondeposition revealed in NW Madagascar, and their paleoclimate implications

Ny Riavo Gilbertinie Voarintsoa, Loren Bruce Railsback, George Albert Brook, Lixin Wang, Gayatri Kathayat, Hai Cheng, Xianglei Li, Richard Lawrence Edwards, Amos Fety Michel Rakotondrazafy, and Marie Olga Madison Razanatseheno

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (29 May 2017) by Nerilie Abram
AR by Ny Riavo Voarintsoa on behalf of the Authors (10 Jul 2017)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (30 Aug 2017) by Nerilie Abram
AR by Ny Riavo Voarintsoa on behalf of the Authors (12 Oct 2017)
ED: Publish as is (28 Oct 2017) by Nerilie Abram
AR by Ny Riavo Voarintsoa on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2017)  Manuscript 
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This research has been an investigation of two stalagmites from two caves in NW Madagascar to reconstruct the region's paleoenvironmental changes, and to understand the linkage of such changes to the dynamics of the ITCZ. Stable isotopes, mineralogy, and petrography suggest wetter climate conditions than today during the early and late Holocene, when the mean ITCZ was south, and drier during the mid-Holocene when the ITCZ was north.