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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1975-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1975-2023
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Research article
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17 Oct 2023
Research article |
| 17 Oct 2023
| 17 Oct 2023
Spatiotemporal Intertropical Convergence Zone dynamics during the last 3 millennia in northeastern Brazil and related impacts in modern human history
Giselle Utida
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geoscience, University of São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo-SP, 05508-090, Brazil
Francisco W. Cruz
Institute of Geoscience, University of São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo-SP, 05508-090, Brazil
Mathias Vuille
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA
Angela Ampuero
Institute of Geoscience, University of São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo-SP, 05508-090, Brazil
Valdir F. Novello
Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Jelena Maksic
Division of Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerabilities (DIIAV), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São Jose dos Campos-SP, 12227-010, Brazil
Gilvan Sampaio
General Coordination of Earth Science (CGCT), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São Jose dos Campos-SP, 12227-010, Brazil
Hai Cheng
Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, MLR, Institute of Karst Geology, CAGS, Beijing, China
Haiwei Zhang
Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Fabio Ramos Dias de Andrade
Institute of Geoscience, University of São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo-SP, 05508-090, Brazil
R. Lawrence Edwards
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Short summary
We reconstruct the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) behavior during the past 3000 years over northeastern Brazil based on oxygen stable isotopes of stalagmites. Paleoclimate changes were mainly forced by the tropical South Atlantic and tropical Pacific sea surface temperature variability. We describe an ITCZ zonal behavior active around 1100 CE and the period from 1500 to 1750 CE. The dataset also records historical droughts that affected modern human population in this area of Brazil.
We reconstruct the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) behavior during the past 3000 years...
