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Evolving southwest African response to abrupt deglacial North Atlantic climate change events
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posted on 2015-07-21, 08:32 authored by B. M. Chase, Arnoud Boom, Andrew S. Carr, M. Carré, M. Chevalier, M. E. Meadows, J. B. Pedro, J. Stager, P. J. ReimerClimate change during the last deglaciation was strongly influenced by the 'bipolar seesaw', producing antiphase climate responses between the North and South Atlantic. However, mounting evidence demands refinements of this model, with the occurrence of abrupt events in southern low to mid latitudes occurring in-phase with North Atlantic climate. Improved constraints on the north-south phasing and spatial extent of these events are therefore critical to understanding the mechanisms that propagate abrupt events within the climate system. We present a 19,400 year multi-proxy record of climate change obtained from a rock hyrax midden in southernmost Africa. Arid anomalies in phase with the Younger Dryas and 8.2ka events are apparent, indicating a clear shift in the influence of the bipolar seesaw, which diminished as the Earth warmed, and was succeeded after ~14.6ka by the emergence of a dominant interhemispheric atmospheric teleconnection.
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Funding was received from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC Starting Grant “HYRAX”, grant agreement no. 258657.
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Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015, 121, pp. 132-136Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/Department of Geography/Physical GeographyVersion
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Quaternary Science ReviewsPublisher
Elsevier Ltdissn
0277-3791eissn
1873-457XAcceptance date
2015-05-20Copyright date
2015Available date
2017-06-01Publisher DOI
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379115002280Language
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