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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1443-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1443-2021
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09 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2021

Precise timing of MIS 7 substages from the Austrian Alps

Kathleen A. Wendt, Xianglei Li, R. Lawrence Edwards, Hai Cheng, and Christoph Spötl

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In this study, we tested the upper limits of U–Th dating precision by analyzing three stalagmites from the Austrian Alps that have high U concentrations. The composite record spans the penultimate interglacial (MIS 7) with an average 2σ age uncertainty of 400 years. This unprecedented age control allows us to constrain the timing of temperature shifts in the Alps during MIS 7 while offering new insight into millennial-scale changes in the North Atlantic leading up to Terminations III and IIIa.
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