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:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Obreht, IgorUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-9710-8365UNSPECIFIED
Hambach, UlrichUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Veres, DanielUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-3932-577XUNSPECIFIED
Zeeden, ChristianUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-8617-0443UNSPECIFIED
Boesken, JaninaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Stevens, ThomasUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6650UNSPECIFIED
Markovic, Slobodan B.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Klasen, NicoleUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Brill, DominikUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-8637-4641UNSPECIFIED
Burow, ChristophUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lehmkuhl, FrankUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
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:
KeywordsLanguage
LOESS-PALEOSOL SEQUENCES; ARCTIC ICE SHEETS; GRAIN-SIZE; PLEISTOCENE LOESS; NORTHERN SERBIA; EASTERN-EUROPE; CLIMATE; PROXY; ROMANIA; CHINAMultiple languages
Multidisciplinary SciencesMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/22488

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