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Stable isotope evidence for long-term stability of large-scale hydroclimate in the Neogene North American Great Plains
Livia Manser
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Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Invited contribution by Livia Manser, recipient of the EGU Climate: Past, Present & Future Outstanding Student Poster and PICO Award 2019.
Tyler Kukla
Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Jeremy K. C. Rugenstein
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Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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The Great Plains host the single most important climatic boundary in North America, separating the humid east from the semi-arid west. How this boundary will move as the world warms holds implications for the societies and ecosystems of the Plains. We study how this boundary changed in the past during a period of globally warmer temperatures. We find that this climatic boundary appears to be in the same location as today, suggesting that the Great Plains climate is resilient to global changes.
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