Indian Ocean climate and an absolute chronology over Dansgaard/Oeschger events 9 to 13.

SJ, Burns; D, Fleitmann; A, Matter; J, Kramers; AA, Al-Subbary

doi:10.1126/science.1086227

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Indian Ocean climate and an absolute chronology over Dansgaard/Oeschger events 9 to 13.

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Authors:

Burns SJ

Fleitmann D

Matter A

Abstract

Oxygen-isotope ratios of a stalagmite from Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean provide a record of changes in monsoon precipitation and climate for the time period from 42 to 55 thousand years before the present. The pattern of precipitation bears a striking resemblance to the oxygen-isotope record f...

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