Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-167-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-167-2022
Research article
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01 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 01 Feb 2022

Last glacial millennial-scale hydro-climate and temperature changes in Puerto Rico constrained by speleothem fluid inclusion δ18O and δ2H values

Sophie F. Warken, Therese Weißbach, Tobias Kluge, Hubert Vonhof, Denis Scholz, Rolf Vieten, Martina Schmidt, Amos Winter, and Norbert Frank

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on cp-2021-86', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Aug 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Sophie Warken, 02 Nov 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on cp-2021-86', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Sep 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Sophie Warken, 02 Nov 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Dec 2021) by Dominik Fleitmann
AR by Sophie Warken on behalf of the Authors (15 Dec 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (04 Jan 2022) by Dominik Fleitmann
AR by Sophie Warken on behalf of the Authors (04 Jan 2022)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
The analysis of fluid inclusions from a Puerto Rican speleothem provides quantitative information about past rainfall conditions and temperatures during the Last Glacial Period, when the climate was extremely variable. Our data show that the region experienced a climate that was generally colder and drier. However, we also reconstruct intervals when temperatures reached nearly modern values, and convective activity was comparable to or only slightly weaker than the present day.