Stalagmite evidence for the onset of the Last Interglacial in southern Europe at 129 ± 1 ka

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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