10/15/2014

New Papers (2014/10/06-2013/10/12)

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters
1. South Pacific Split Jet, ITCZ shifts, and atmospheric NorthSouth linkages during abrupt climate changes of the last glacial period
John C.H. Chiang , Shih-Yu Lee , Aaron E. Putnam , Xianfeng Wang
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.012
paleoclimate; NorthSouth connections; Southern Hemisphere westerlies; atmospheric teleconnection; South Pacific

2. Climate variability and ice-sheet dynamics during the last three glaciations
Stephen P. Obrochta , Thomas J. Crowley , James E.T. Channell , David A. Hodell , Paul A. Baker , Arisa Seki , Yusuke Yokoyama
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.004
insolation; IRD; Heinrich Event; MIS 6; MIS 8; AMOC

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
3. Kinetic and metabolic isotope effects in coral skeletal carbon isotopes: A re-evaluation using experimental coral bleaching as a case study
Verena Schoepf , Stephen J. Levas , Lisa J. Rodrigues , Michael O. McBride , Matthew D. Aschaffenburg , Yohei Matsui , Mark E. Warner , Adam D. Hughes , Andréa G. Grottoli
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.033

4. Mg/Ca-temperature and seawater-test chemistry relationships in the shallow-dwelling large benthic foraminifera Operculina ammonoides
David Evans , Jonathan Erez , Shai Oron , Wolfgang Müller
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.039
Mg/Ca; Operculina; Nummulites; Large benthic foraminifera; Palaeotemperature; Seawater Mg/Ca

5. New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Clearwater Lake impact structures (Québec, Canada) Not the binary asteroid impact it seems?
Martin Schmieder , Winfried H. Schwarz , Mario Trieloff , Eric Tohver , Elmar Buchner , Jens Hopp , Gordon R. Osinski
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.037
Clearwater impact; Binary asteroid; Doublet craters; 40Ar/39Ar dating; 
Paleomagnetism; Ordovician;Permian

Global and Planetary Change
6. Changes in active-layer thickness and near-surface permafrost between 2002 and 2012 in alpine ecosystems, Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau, China
Qingbai Wu , Yandong Hou , Hanbo Yun , Yongzhi Liu
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.09.002
active-layer thickness (ALT); permafrost temperature; alpine ecosystems; 
climate change; Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

7. A database of worldwide glacier thickness observations
I. Gärtner-Roer , K. Naegeli , M. Huss , T. Knecht , H. Machguth , M. Zemp
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.09.003
ice thickness; glaciers; ice caps; database; Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers

8. Analysis of long term meteorological trends in the middle and lower Indus basin of Pakistan A non-parametric statistical approach
Waqas Ahmad , Aamira Fatima , Usman Khalid Awan , Arif Anwar
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.09.007
Indus basin; Climate change; Trend analysis; Air temperature; Rainfall

9. Max-stable based evaluation of impacts of climate indices on extreme precipitation processes across the Poyang Lake basin, China
Qiang Zhang , Mingzhong Xiao , Vijay P. Singh , Yongqin David Chen
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.09.005
ENSO; Precipitation indices; Max-stable processes; Extreme precipitation regimes; Poyang Lake basin

10. Tracking the impact of mid- to late Holocene climate change and anthropogenic activities on Lake Holzmaar using an updated Holocene chronology
Sushma Prasad , Janina Baier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.020
Lake Holzmaar; varves; microfacies; Bayesian modelling; Iron Age; Ulmener Maar Tephra

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
11. Multiproxy geochemical analysis of a Panthalassic margin record of the early Toarcian oceanic anoxic event (Toyora area, Japan)
David B. Kemp , Kentaro Izumi
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.09.019
Toarcian; Geochemistry; Japan; Panthalassa; Anoxia; Palaeoclimate

12. Dating and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the sediments around the Miocene/Pliocene boundary in Yermak Plateau ODP Hole 911A using marine palynology
Kari Grøsfjeld , Stijn De Schepper , Karl Fabian , Katrine Husum , Soma Baranwal , Karin Andreassen , Jochen Knies
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.08.028
Arctic Ocean; Dinoflagellate cysts; Acritarchs; Biostratigraphy; Palaeoenvironment; 
Pliocene; Miocene

Quaternary International
13. Millennial-scale East Asian Summer Monsoon variability recorded in grain size and provenance of mud belt sediments on the inner shelf of the East China Sea during mid-to late Holocene
Ke Wang , Hongbo Zheng , Ryuji Tada , Tomohisa Irino , Yan Zheng , Keita Saito , Akinori Karasuda
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.014
East Asian Summer Monsoon; Yangtze River; Holocene; East China Sea

14. Late-glacial to Holocene aeolian deposition in northeastern Europe The timing of sedimentation at the Iisaku site (NE Estonia)
Edyta Kalińska-Nartiša , Māris Nartišs , Christine Thiel , Jan–Pieter Buylaert , Andrew Sean Murray
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.08.039
Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Sedimentary features; Late-glacial; 
Holocene; Inland dunes

15. Landscape evolution in the periglacial zone of Eastern Europe since MIS5: Proxies from paleosols and sediments of the Cheremoshnik key site (Upper Volga, Russia)
Alexey Rusakov , Andrei Nikonov , Larisa Savelieva , Alexandra Simakova , Sergey Sedov , Fedor Maksimov , Vladislav Kuznetsov , Viktor Savenko , Anna Starikova , Maria Korkka , Darya Titova
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.029
Late Quaternary pedogenesis; Chronostratigraphy; Vegetation reconstruction; MIS5MIS1; Uraniumthorium dating; East European Plain

16. A Holocene pollen record from the northwestern Himalayan lake Tso Moriri: Implications for palaeoclimatic and archaeological research
Christian Leipe , Dieter Demske , Pavel E. Tarasov
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.005
North-western Himalaya; Holocene climate; Indian Summer Monsoon; Westerlies; North Atlantic climate;Harappan Civilisation

17. Optical dating of young glacial sediments from the source area of the Urumqi River in Tianshan Mountians, northwestern China
XianJiao Ou , ZhongPing Lai , ShangZhe Zhou , Rong Chen , LanHua Zeng
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.08.053
OSL dating; Mountain glacier; Young glacial sediments; Residual dose; Urumqi River; Tianshan Mountains

18. OSL and pollen concentrate 14C dating of dammed lake sediments at Maoxian, east Tibet, and implications for two historical earthquakes in AD 638 and 952
Hongyan Xu , Hanchao Jiang , Song Yu , Huili Yang , Jie Chen
DOI10.1016 / j.quaint.2014.09.045
Dammed lake sediments; OSL dating; AMS 14C dating of pollen concentrates; Eastern Tibet; Historical earthquake

Quaternary Science Reviews
19. A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy
Sune O. Rasmussen , Matthias Bigler , Simon P. Blockley , Thomas Blunier , Susanne L. Buchardt , Henrik B. Clausen , Ivana Cvijanovic , Dorthe Dahl-Jensen , Sigfus J. Johnsen , Hubertus Fischer, et al.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.007
Sequence of glacial climate events; INTIMATE event stratigraphy; Synchronized ice core records;Definition of interstadials; Definition of stadials

20. The latest LGM culmination of the Garda Glacier (Italian Alps) and the onset of glacial termination. Age of glacial collapse and vegetation chronosequence
Cesare Ravazzi , Roberta Pini , Federica Badino , Mattia De Amicis , Laurent Londeix , Paula J. Reimer
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.014
Alpine deglaciation; Vegetation history; Lateglacial; Reworked palynomorphs; Bison priscus; Heinrich Event 1

Chemical Geology
Quaternary Research
Nothing relevant

Quaternary Geochronology
Marine Geology
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