Advancements in the use of speleothems as climate archives

CI Wong, DO Breecker - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Speleothems have become a cornerstone of the approach to better understanding Earth's
climatic teleconnections due to their precise absolute chronologies, their continuous or …

A Late Holocene environmental history of a bat guano deposit from Romania: an isotopic, pollen and microcharcoal study

FL Forray, BP Onac, I Tanţău, JG Wynn, T Tămaş… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract A 1.5-m-long core from a bat guano deposit in Zidită Cave (western Romania) has
provided a 900-year record of environmental change. Shifts in δ 13 C values of bulk guano …

Forest contraction in north equatorial Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Period

CM Wurster, MI Bird, ID Bull, F Creed… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Today, insular Southeast Asia is important for both its remarkably rich biodiversity and
globally significant roles in atmospheric and oceanic circulation. Despite the fundamental …

Savanna in equatorial Borneo during the late Pleistocene

CM Wurster, H Rifai, B Zhou, J Haig, MI Bird - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Equatorial Southeast Asia is a key region for global climate change. Here, the Indo-
Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) is a critical driver of atmospheric convection that plays a dominant …

The biogeochemistry of insectivorous cave guano: a case study from insular Southeast Asia

CM Wurster, N Munksgaard, C Zwart, M Bird - Biogeochemistry, 2015 - Springer
Cave guano derived from insectivorous bats and birds contain unique geochemical and
mineralogical signatures. We investigated the mineralogy, pH, C, N and metal abundance …

Barriers and bridges: early human dispersals in equatorial SE Asia

CM Wurster, MI Bird - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2016 - lyellcollection.org
Past environments of equatorial SE Asia must have played a critical role in determining the
timing and trajectory of early human dispersal into and through the region. However, very …

Stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes from bat guano in the Grand Canyon, USA, reveal Younger Dryas and 8.2 ka events

CM Wurster, WP Patterson, DA McFarlane… - …, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We inferred climate change through the Pleistocene-Holocene transition from δ13C and δD
values of bat guano deposited from 14.5 to 6.5 ka (calendar ka) in Bat Cave, Grand Canyon …

Identification of fresh and burnt bat guano and pigeon droppings in Eastern Mediterranean karstic cave sites based on micromorphological and chemical …

DE Friesem, N Teutsch, M Weinstein-Evron… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Karstic caves in the Eastern Mediterranean region hold significant archaeological
importance as they served as an important dwelling place for prehistoric hominins. Yet, such …

A bat guano deposit in Jamaica recorded agricultural changes and metal exposure over the last> 4300 years

LR Gallant, C Grooms, LE Kimpe, JP Smol… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bats are excellent ecological indicators because they are long-lived, globally distributed,
and show predictable responses to environmental stressors. Unaltered bat guano deposits …

A 2500-yr late Holocene multi-proxy record of vegetation and hydrologic changes from a cave guano-clay sequence in SW Romania

BP Onac, SM Hutchinson, A Geantă, FL Forray… - Quaternary …, 2015 - cambridge.org
We provide sedimentological, geochemical, mineral magnetic, stable carbon isotope,
charcoal, and pollen-based evidence from a guano/clay sequence in Gaura cu Muscă Cave …