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Dansgaard–Oeschger-like events of the penultimate climate cycle: the loess point of view
Denis-Didier Rousseau
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (CNRS and Institute Pierre Simon Laplace, IPSL), Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL) Research University, 75005 Paris, France
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, 10964, USA
Pierre Antoine
Laboratoire de Géographie Physique, Environnements quaternaires et actuels, CNRS, Meudon, France
Niklas Boers
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
France Lagroix
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité,
University Paris Diderot, UMR7154 CNRS, Paris, France
Michael Ghil
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (CNRS and Institute Pierre Simon Laplace, IPSL), Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL) Research University, 75005 Paris, France
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565, USA
Johanna Lomax
Department of Geography, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen,
Gießen, Germany
Markus Fuchs
Department of Geography, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen,
Gießen, Germany
Maxime Debret
Normandie University, UNIROUEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, M2C, Rouen, France
Christine Hatté
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement,
Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Olivier Moine
Laboratoire de Géographie Physique, Environnements quaternaires et actuels, CNRS, Meudon, France
Caroline Gauthier
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement,
Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Diana Jordanova
National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 3, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria
Neli Jordanova
National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 3, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Short summary
New investigations of European loess records from MIS 6 reveal the occurrence of paleosols and horizon showing slight pedogenesis similar to those from the last climatic cycle. These units are correlated with interstadials described in various marine, continental, and ice Northern Hemisphere records. Therefore, these MIS 6 interstadials can confidently be interpreted as DO-like events of the penultimate climate cycle.
New investigations of European loess records from MIS 6 reveal the occurrence of paleosols and...
