Universität zu Köln

Neugebauer, Ina ORCID: 0000-0002-8612-6573, Dinies, Michele, Plessen, Birgit ORCID: 0000-0003-4807-6357, Draeger, Nadine, Brauer, Achim, Brueckner, Helmut, Frenzel, Peter ORCID: 0000-0002-3821-4632, Gleixner, Gerd ORCID: 0000-0002-4616-0953, Hoelzmann, Philipp, Krahn, Kim J., Pint, Anna, Schwab, Valerie F., Schwarz, Anja ORCID: 0000-0003-0722-2354, Tjallingii, Rik and Engel, Max ORCID: 0000-0002-2271-4229 (2022). The unexpectedly short Holocene Humid Period in Northern Arabia. Commun. Earth Environ., 3 (1). LONDON: SPRINGERNATURE. ISSN 2662-4435

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Abstract

The early to middle Holocene Humid Period led to a greening of today's arid Saharo-Arabian desert belt. While this phase is well defined in North Africa and the Southern Arabian Peninsula, robust evidence from Northern Arabia is lacking. Here we fill this gap with unprecedented annually to sub-decadally resolved proxy data from Tayma, the only known varved lake sediments in Northern Arabia. Based on stable isotopes, micro-facies analyses and varve and radiocarbon dating, we distinguish five phases of lake development and show that the wet phase in Northern Arabia from 8800-7900 years BP is considerably shorter than the commonly defined Holocene Humid Period (similar to 11,000-5500 years BP). Moreover, we find a two century-long peak humidity at times when a centennial-scale dry anomaly around 8200 years BP interrupted the Holocene Humid Period in adjacent regions. The short humid phase possibly favoured Neolithic migrations into Northern Arabia representing a strong human response to environmental changes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Neugebauer, Ina UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8612-6573 UNSPECIFIED Dinies, Michele UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Plessen, Birgit UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4807-6357 UNSPECIFIED Draeger, Nadine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Brauer, Achim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Brueckner, Helmut UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Frenzel, Peter UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-4632 UNSPECIFIED Gleixner, Gerd UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4616-0953 UNSPECIFIED Hoelzmann, Philipp UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Krahn, Kim J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pint, Anna UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schwab, Valerie F. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schwarz, Anja UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0722-2354 UNSPECIFIED Tjallingii, Rik UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Engel, Max UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-4229 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-691664
DOI:	10.1038/s43247-022-00368-y
Journal or Publication Title:	Commun. Earth Environ.
Volume:	3
Number:	1
Date:	2022
Publisher:	SPRINGERNATURE
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	2662-4435
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language REASSESSING LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENTS; HYDROGEN-ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TROPICAL PLUMES; MIDDLE-EAST; CLIMATIC RECORDS; AFRICAN MONSOON; SAUDI-ARABIA; DEAD-SEA; SEDIMENTS Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/69166