The middle Holocene climatic records from Arabia: Reassessing lacustrine environments, shift of ITCZ in Arabian Sea, and impacts of the southwest Indian and African …

Y Enzel, Y Kushnir, J Quade - Global and Planetary Change, 2015 - Elsevier
A dramatic increase in regional summer rainfall amount has been proposed for the Arabian
Peninsula during the middle Holocene (ca. 9-5 ka BP) based on lacustrine sediments …

Latest pleistocene to holocene hydroclimates from Lake Elsinore, California

ME Kirby, SJ Feakins, N Bonuso, JM Fantozzi… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The hydroclimate of the southwestern United States (US) region changed abruptly during
the latest Pleistocene as the continental ice sheets over North America retreated from their …

Moisture variability in the southwestern United States linked to abrupt glacial climate change

JDM Wagner, JE Cole, JW Beck, PJ Patchett… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Many regions of the world experienced abrupt climate variability during the last glacial
period (75–15 thousand years ago,). These changes probably arose from interactions …

Radiocarbon dating of small terrestrial gastropod shells in North America

JS Pigati, JA Rech, JC Nekola - Quaternary Geochronology, 2010 - Elsevier
Fossil shells of small terrestrial gastropods are commonly preserved in wetland, alluvial,
loess, and glacial deposits, as well as in sediments at many archeological sites. These …

Late Quaternary environmental dynamics in the Atacama Desert reconstructed from rodent midden pollen records

ME de Porras, A Maldonado… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In the past two decades, much has been learned about the late Quaternary climate history of
the Atacama Desert with some details still unclear about the seasonality, timing and extent of …

Desert wetlands in the geologic record

JS Pigati, JA Rech, J Quade, J Bright - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Desert wetlands support flora and fauna in a variety of hydrologic settings, including seeps,
springs, marshes, wet meadows, ponds, and spring pools. Over time, eolian, alluvial, and …

[HTML][HTML] North-south dipole in winter hydroclimate in the western United States during the last deglaciation

AM Hudson, BJ Hatchett, J Quade, DP Boyle… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
During the termination of the last glacial period the western US experienced exceptionally
wet conditions, driven by changes in location and strength of the mid-latitude winter storm …

Ecological strategies predict associations between aquatic and genetic connectivity for dryland amphibians

MC Mims, IC Phillipsen, DA Lytle, EEH Kirk… - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The study of how population genetic structure is shaped by attributes of the environment is a
central scientific pursuit in ecology and conservation. But limited resources may prohibit …

Reconstructing paleohydrology in the northwest Great Basin since the last deglaciation using Paisley Caves fish remains (Oregon, USA)

AM Hudson, MM Emery-Wetherell, PM Lubinski… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The arid northwest Great Basin underwent substantial hydroclimate changes in the
past 15,000 years, greatly affecting its desert ecosystems and prehistoric people. There are …

Dynamic response of desert wetlands to abrupt climate change

KB Springer, CR Manker… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Desert wetlands are keystone ecosystems in arid environments and are preserved in the
geologic record as groundwater discharge (GWD) deposits. GWD deposits are inherently …