Abstract Details

ID: 3016
Title: Interglacial Pluvial Periods in Southern Arabia
Content:

Our current knowledge on the timing of Arabian pluvial periods prior to the Holocene is mainly based on a single and possibly incomplete speleothem record from Hoti Cave in Northern Oman. Additional terrestrial records from the Arabian Peninsula are needed to confirm the Hoti Cave record. Here we present a new speleothem record from Mukalla Cave in southern Yemen. The Mukalla Cave and Hoti Cave records clearly reveal that speleothems growth occurred solely during peak interglacial periods, corresponding to Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 1 (early to mid Holocene), 5.1, 5.3, 5.5 (Eemian), 7.1, 7.5 and 9. Of these humid periods, highest precipitation occurred during MIS 5.5 and lowest during early to middle Holocene.

Session: 17 Interglacial Climates
Authors: Dominik Fleitmann
Stephen Burns
Augusto Mangini
Jan Kramers
Albert Matter
Presenter:Dominik Fleitmann
Type: poster