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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Holocene and Pleistocene pluvial periods in Yemen, southern Arabia
Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 30, No. 7-8, Year 2011
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Arabia is an important potential pathway for the dispersal of Homo sapiens (" out of Africa" ). Yet, because of its arid to hyper-arid climate humans could only migrate across southern Arabia during pluvial periods when environmental conditions were favorable. However, knowledge on the timing of Arabian pluvial periods prior to the Holocene is mainly based on a single and possibly incomplete speleothem record from Hoti Cave in Northern Oman. Additional terrestrial records from the Arabian Peninsula are needed to confirm the Hoti Cave record. Here we present a new speleothem record from Mukalla Cave in southern Yemen. The Mukalla Cave and Hoti Cave records clearly reveal that speleothems growth occurred solely during peak interglacial periods, corresponding to Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 1 (early to mid-Holocene), 5.1, 5.3, 5.5 (Eemian), 7.1, 7.5 and 9. Of these humid periods, highest precipitation occurred during MIS 5.5 and lowest during early to middle Holocene. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fleitmann, Dominik
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Burns, Stephen J.
United States, Boston
University of Massachusetts System
Pȩkała, Marek
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Mangini, Augusto
Germany, Heidelberg
Heidelberger Akademie of Sciences
Al-Subbary, Abdulkarim
Yemen, Sana'a
Sana'a University
Al-Aowah, Mohammad
Yemen, Sana'a
Sana'a University
Kramers, Jan Dirk
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Matter, Albert
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Statistics
Citations: 161
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.01.004
ISSN:
02773791