- Title
- Stalagmite evidence for the onset of the Last Interglacial in southern Europe at 129 ± 1 ka
- Creator
- Drysdale, Russell N.; Zanchetta, Giovanni; Hellstrom, John C.; Fallick, Anthony E.; Zhao, Jian-xin
- Relation
- Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 32, Issue 24
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GL024658
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2005
- Description
- Multi-proxy data from an Italian stalagmite constrain the commencement of full Last Interglacial conditions in southern Europe at 129 ± 1 ka, consistent with absolutely dated records currently available from both hemispheres. The post-glacial transition towards warmer and wetter conditions commenced at 134 ± 2 ka. Oxygen isotope evidence suggests this was interrupted briefly at 130 ± 2 ka, an event probably related to the 'Termination II pause' associated with Heinrich Event 11. For most of the stalagmite, the pattern of δ¹⁸O variation mimics the air temperature record from the Vostok ice core, especially through marine isotope stage 5. There is no obvious evidence for substantial 'early interglacial' warming.
- Subject
- stalagmite; Last Interglacial; Southern Europe; Heinrich Event 11; Vostok ice core; interglacial warming
- Identifier
- uon:1524
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/27286
- Identifier
- ISSN:0094-8276
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