Description

Collection of paleoclimate proxy data, to create spatio-temporal paleoclimate restoration fields, with the aim of understanding mechanisms of significant climate changes in the last 2,000 years. Nar Lake δ18O data (Jones et al. 2006) provide indirect information on the amount of precipitation through the precipitation-evaporation balance. The Ti (cps) record of Lake Neor (Sharifi et al. 2015) determines the aeolian input to the regional peatland of Lake Neor that increases during dry periods. The high-resolution Ti/Ca record of the stratified coastal lake Butrint in Albania (Morellon et al. 2016) reflects the input of clastic materials into the lagoon and thus indirect information on precipitation. The δ18O and δ13C records of the Uzuntarla (Göktürk 2011), Sofular (Göktürk et al. 2011), Kocain (Göktürk 2011), Jeita (Cheng et al. 2016) and Soreq (Bar-Matthews et al. 2003) stalagmites show changes in of active humidity and consequently of precipitation. The high-resolution trace Mg/Ca record of water droplets from Closani Cave (Warken et al. 2018) in southwestern Romania is indicative of autumn-winter precipitation.

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