Universität zu Köln

Obreht, Igor ORCID: 0000-0001-9710-8365, Hambach, Ulrich, Veres, Daniel ORCID: 0000-0003-3932-577X, Zeeden, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-8617-0443, Boesken, Janina, Stevens, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0002-6662-6650, Markovic, Slobodan B., Klasen, Nicole, Brill, Dominik ORCID: 0000-0001-8637-4641, Burow, Christoph and Lehmkuhl, Frank (2017). Shift of large-scale atmospheric systems over Europe during late MIS 3 and implications for Modern Human dispersal. Sci Rep, 7. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Understanding the past dynamics of large-scale atmospheric systems is crucial for our knowledge of the palaeoclimate conditions in Europe. Southeastern Europe currently lies at the border between Atlantic, Mediterranean, and continental climate zones. Past changes in the relative influence of associated atmospheric systems must have been recorded in the region's palaeoarchives. By comparing high-resolution grain-size, environmental magnetic and geochemical data from two loess-palaeosol sequences in the Lower Danube Basin with other Eurasian palaeorecords, we reconstructed past climatic patterns over Southeastern Europe and the related interaction of the prevailing large-scale circulation modes over Europe, especially during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 (40,000-27,000 years ago). We demonstrate that during this time interval, the intensification of the Siberian High had a crucial influence on European climate causing the more continental conditions over major parts of Europe, and a southwards shift of the Westerlies. Such a climatic and environmental change, combined with the Campanian Ignimbrite/Y-5 volcanic eruption, may have driven the Anatomically Modern Human dispersal towards Central and Western Europe, pointing to a corridor over the Eastern European Plain as an important pathway in their dispersal.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Obreht, Igor UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9710-8365 UNSPECIFIED Hambach, Ulrich UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Veres, Daniel UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3932-577X UNSPECIFIED Zeeden, Christian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8617-0443 UNSPECIFIED Boesken, Janina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stevens, Thomas UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6650 UNSPECIFIED Markovic, Slobodan B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klasen, Nicole UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Brill, Dominik UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8637-4641 UNSPECIFIED Burow, Christoph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lehmkuhl, Frank UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-224888
DOI:	10.1038/s41598-017-06285-x
Journal or Publication Title:	Sci Rep
Volume:	7
Date:	2017
Publisher:	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	2045-2322
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LOESS-PALEOSOL SEQUENCES; ARCTIC ICE SHEETS; GRAIN-SIZE; PLEISTOCENE LOESS; NORTHERN SERBIA; EASTERN-EUROPE; CLIMATE; PROXY; ROMANIA; CHINA Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/22488