[HTML][HTML] Quaternary time scales for the Pontocaspian domain: Interbasinal connectivity and faunal evolution

W Krijgsman, A Tesakov, T Yanina, S Lazarev… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pontocaspian (Black Sea-Caspian Sea) region has a very dynamic history of
basin development and biotic evolution. The region is the remnant of a once vast Paratethys …

The timing of Mediterranean sapropel deposition relative to insolation, sea-level and African monsoon changes

KM Grant, R Grimm, U Mikolajewicz, G Marino… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean basin is sensitive to global sea-level changes and African monsoon
variability on orbital timescales. Both of these processes are thought to be important to the …

Similarities and dissimilarities between the last two deglaciations and interglaciations in the North Atlantic region

B Martrat, P Jimenez-Amat, R Zahn… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) recorded by alkenones and oxygen isotopes in the
Alboran basin are used here to describe, at an unprecedented fine temporal resolution, the …

Abrupt change of temperature and precipitation extremes in the arid region of Northwest China

Y Chen, H Deng, B Li, Z Li, C Xu - Quaternary International, 2014 - Elsevier
Trends and abrupt detection of temperature and precipitation extremes are important in
climate change research. Based on the meteorological data from 68 stations in the arid …

Millennial-scale fluctuations of the European Ice Sheet at the end of the last glacial, and their potential impact on global climate

S Toucanne, G Soulet, N Freslon, RS Jacinto… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Reconstructing Northern Hemisphere ice-sheet oscillations and meltwater routing
to the ocean is important to better understand the mechanisms behind abrupt climate …

Rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes in sedimentary organic matter

N Freslon, G Bayon, S Toucanne, S Bermell… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
We report rare earth element (REE) and neodymium (Nd) isotope data for the organic
fraction of sediments collected from various depositional environments, ie rivers (n= 25) …

[HTML][HTML] What are the drivers of Caspian Sea level variation during the late Quaternary?

SA Koriche, JS Singarayer, HL Cloke, PJ Valdes… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Quaternary Caspian Sea level variations depended on geophysical processes
(affecting the opening and closing of gateways and basin size/shape) and hydro …

Mediterranean overflow over the last 250 kyr: freshwater forcing from the tropics to the ice sheets

FJ Sierro, DA Hodell, N Andersen… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate past changes in the Mediterranean Overflow Water (MOW) to the Atlantic, we
analyzed the strength of the MOW and benthic δ13C along the last 250 kyr at Integrated …

Late Quaternary meltwater pulses and sea level change

S Harrison, DE Smith, NF Glasser - Journal of Quaternary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT After the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) global mean sea level (GMSL) rise was
characterized by rapid increases over short (decadal to centennial) timescales …

[HTML][HTML] Quaternary sediment sources and loess transport pathways in the Black Sea-Caspian Sea region identified by detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology

C Költringer, T Stevens, M Lindner, Y Baykal… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Constraining the controls on the distribution of sediment at a continental scale is a critical
step in understanding long-term landscape and climate evolution. In particular …