Pleistocene dynamics of dust accumulation and soil formation in the southern Caspian Lowlands-New insights from the loess-paleosol sequence at Neka-Abelou …

M Kehl, S Vlaminck, T Köhler, C Laag, C Rolf… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The southern Caspian Lowland sensitively reacted to Pleistocene climate change
and is a key area for reconstructing climate dynamics and landscape evolution in Southern …

Modelling Neanderthals' dispersal routes from Caucasus towards east

E Ghasidian, A Kafash, M Kehl, M Yousefi… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The study of the cultural materials associated with the Neanderthal physical remains from
the sites in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberian Altai and adjacent areas documents …

[HTML][HTML] Defining paleoclimatic routes and opportunities for hominin dispersals across Iran

MJ Shoaee, PS Breeze, NA Drake, SM Hashemi… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Fossil and archaeological evidence indicates that hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia
occurred throughout the Pleistocene, including the expansion of Homo sapiens populations …

[HTML][HTML] Abrupt climate change at the MIS 5/4 transition recorded in a speleothem from the Eastern Mediterranean

AR Paine, JUL Baldini, E Ünal-Imer… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The marine isotope stage (MIS) 5a to 4 transition (∼ 74 ka) was associated with rapid ice
sheet expansion, declining moisture availability globally, and significant upheaval of …

Termination 1 millennial‐scale rainfall events over the Sunda Shelf

FL Buckingham, SA Carolin, JW Partin… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent paleoclimate reconstructions have suggested millennial‐scale variability in the Indo‐
Pacific Warm Pool region coincident with events of the last deglaciation. Here, we present a …

Timing and forcing mechanism of the final Neotethys seawater retreat from Central Iran in response to the Arabia-Asia collision in the late early Miocene

J Sun, M Talebian, C **, W Liu, Z Zhang, M Cao… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Iranian Plateau lies in the middle of the Neotethys tectonic domain; to the east it
connects with the Tibetan Plateau, and to the west with the Anatolian Plateau and the Alpine …

[HTML][HTML] SISALv3: a global speleothem stable isotope and trace element database

N Kaushal, FA Lechleitner, M Wilhelm… - … system science data, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
Palaeoclimate information on multiple climate variables at different spatiotemporal scales is
becoming increasingly important to understand environmental and societal responses to …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for the role of tropical plumes in driving mid-Holocene north-west Sahara rainfall

HO Couper, CC Day, JJ Barrott, SJ Hollowood… - Earth and Planetary …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The West African Monsoon (WAM), Atlantic north-westerlies and Mediterranean
cyclones are significant sources of rainfall in north-west Africa, supplying moisture to the …

Stalagmite evidence of Last Glacial Maximum to early Holocene climate variability in southwestern Iran

M Soleimani, A Nadimi, G Koltai… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Glacial periods and their terminations are useful for assessing the full scale of natural
climate variability in the diverse climate regions of West Asia (ie deserts, mountains, alluvial …

Decoupled hydroclimate of central and southwestern Iran controlled by the strength of southerly‐westerly jets during Marine Isotope Stage 3

M Soleimani, JL Baker, A Nadimi… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The regional impact of abrupt glacial climate variability remains poorly constrained for arid
southwestern Asia, particularly winter dynamics during Marine Isotope Stage 3, due to …