The North American hydrologic cycle through the last deglaciation

JM Lora, DE Ibarra - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
While the climate evolution of North America during the last deglaciation has received
considerable attention, few detailed model–data comparisons of the deglacial hydroclimate …

Latest pleistocene to holocene hydroclimates from Lake Elsinore, California

ME Kirby, SJ Feakins, N Bonuso, JM Fantozzi… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The hydroclimate of the southwestern United States (US) region changed abruptly during
the latest Pleistocene as the continental ice sheets over North America retreated from their …

Regional and global sea-surface temperatures during the last interglaciation

JS Hoffman, PU Clark, AC Parnell, F He - Science, 2017 - science.org
The last interglaciation (LIG, 129 to 116 thousand years ago) was the most recent time in
Earth's history when global mean sea level was substantially higher than it is at present …

Out of the tropics: the Pacific, Great Basin Lakes, and Late Pleistocene water cycle in the western United States

M Lyle, L Heusser, C Ravelo, M Yamamoto, J Barron… - science, 2012 - science.org
The water cycle in the western United States changed dramatically over glacial cycles. In the
past 20,000 years, higher precipitation caused desert lakes to form which have since dried …

Linked fire activity and climate whiplash in California during the early Holocene

J Homann, JL Oster, CB De Wet… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent wildfire activity in semi-arid regions like western North America exceeds the range of
historical records. High-resolution paleoclimate archives such as stalagmites could …

Global and regional temperature change over the past 4.5 million years

PU Clark, JD Shakun, Y Rosenthal, P Köhler… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Much of our understanding of Cenozoic climate is based on the record of δ18O measured in
benthic foraminifera. However, this measurement reflects a combined signal of global …

Sea‐surface temperature records of Termination 1 in the Gulf of California: Challenges for seasonal and interannual analogues of tropical Pacific climate change

EL McClymont, RS Ganeshram, LE Pichevin… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Centennial‐scale records of sea‐surface temperature and opal composition spanning the
Last Glacial Maximum and Termination 1 (circa 25–6 ka) are presented here from Guaymas …

Effects of Pleistocene climatic fluctuations on the phylogeographic and demographic histories of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

JINX LIU, A Tatarenkov, TD Beacham… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We gathered mitochondrial DNA sequences (557 bp from the control region in 935
specimens and 668 bp of the cytochrome b gene in 139 specimens) of Pacific herring …

Biomarker and pollen evidence for late Pleistocene pluvials in the Mojave Desert

MD Peaple, T Bhattacharya… - Paleoceanography …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The climate of the southwestern North America has experienced profound changes between
wet and dry phases over the past 200 Kyr. To better constrain the timing, magnitude, and …

Glacial-interglacial climate changes recorded by debris flow fan deposits, Owens Valley, California

M D'Arcy, DC Roda-Boluda, AC Whittaker - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
It is hotly debated whether and how climate changes are recorded by terrestrial stratigraphy.
Basin sediments produced by catchment-alluvial fan systems may record past climate over a …