@article{PAR00013075,
  title = {{H}ydroclimatic changes in northern {L}evant over the past 400,000 years},
  author = {{G}asse, {F}. and {V}idal, {L}. and {V}an {C}ampo, {E}. and {D}emory, {F}. and {D}evelle, {A}. {L}. and {T}achikawa, {K}. and {E}lias, {A}. and {B}ard, {E}. and {G}arcia, {M}. and {S}onzogni, {C}. and {T}houveny, {N}icolas},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {L}evant, a transition zone between the temperate {M}editerranean domain and subtropical deserts, is a key area to study the latitudinal migrations of zonal climatic belts in response to glacial-interglacial conditions. {T}he region underwent large climatic shifts during the {L}ate {Q}uaternary, with dramatic impacts on water resources and human populations. {T}his paper presents the unique long-term hydroclimatic record (ca. 400 ka) from {N}orthern {L}evant, derived from a sediment core taken from a small tectonic basin of northern {L}ebanon, the currently wettest area of the {L}evant. {C}ombined biotic (pollen, biologic aquatic remains) and abiotic proxies (sediment properties, carbonate oxygen isotopes) reveal relatively high water availability during interglacials and generally drier glacials periods during the past four climate cycles. {T}hese general trends are in line with pollen records from southeastern and near east {M}editerranean areas, but differ from some paleohydrological records from the southern {L}evant. {S}outhward migrations of the rain-bearing mid-latitude westerlies during glacial periods and regional land topography are likely to explain the observed regional climate signatures. {I}n addition, distinctive climate signatures of the successive wetter/drier intervals reflect interactions between global forcing (insolation, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration), eastern {M}editerranean {S}ea surface conditions intimately linked to {N}orth {A}tlantic climate and to ice-sheet and sea-ice extent at high northern latitudes, land topography, and local hydrogeological processes. {O}ur record brings new benchmarks for understanding the spatial heterogeneity of eastern {M}editerranean responses to global climate changes.},
  keywords = {{P}aleoclimatology ; {L}ake deposits ; {G}lacial/interglacial cycles ; {L}evant ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{Q}uaternary {S}cience {R}eviews},
  volume = {111},
  numero = {},
  pages = {1--8},
  ISSN = {0277-3791},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.12.019},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00013075},
}