The marine isotope stage 1–5 cryptotephra record of Tenaghi Philippon, Greece: Towards a detailed tephrostratigraphic framework for the Eastern Mediterranean …

S Wulf, MJ Hardiman, RA Staff, A Koutsodendris… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The iconic climate archive of Tenaghi Philippon (TP), NE Greece, allows the study of short-
term palaeoclimatic and environmental change throughout the past 1.3 Ma. To provide high …

First integrated tephrochronological record for the last∼ 190 kyr from the Fucino Quaternary lacustrine succession, central Italy

B Giaccio, EM Niespolo, A Pereira, S Nomade… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present the first integrated tephrochronological study (major and trace elemental glass
composition, Sr and Nd isotope analyses, and 40 Ar/39 Ar dating) for the last one tenth (∼ …

Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years

B Wagner, H Vogel, A Francke, T Friedrich, T Donders… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Mediterranean climates are characterized by strong seasonal contrasts between dry
summers and wet winters. Changes in winter rainfall are critical for regional socioeconomic …

Extremely rapid directional change during Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic polarity reversal

L Sagnotti, G Scardia, B Giaccio… - Geophysical Journal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We report a palaeomagnetic investigation of the last full geomagnetic field reversal, the
Matuyama-Brunhes (MB) transition, as preserved in a continuous sequence of exposed …

Age of Matuyama-Brunhes boundary constrained by U-Pb zircon dating of a widespread tephra

Y Suganuma, M Okada, K Horie, H Kaiden… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The youngest geomagnetic polarity reversal, the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary (MBB),
provides an important datum plane for sediments, ice cores, and lavas. Its frequently cited …

Duration and dynamics of the best orbital analogue to the present interglacial

B Giaccio, E Regattieri, G Zanchetta… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Past orbital analogues to the current interglacial, such as Marine Isotope Stage 19c (MIS
19c, ca. 800 ka), can provide reliable reference intervals for evaluating the timing and the …

First tephrostratigraphic results of the DEEP site record from Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania)

N Leicher, G Zanchetta, R Sulpizio, B Giaccio… - …, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
A tephrostratigraphic record covering the Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 1–15 was established
for the DEEP site record of Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania). Major element analyses …

Review of the early–middle Pleistocene boundary and Marine Isotope Stage 19

MJ Head - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) defining the base of the
Chibanian Stage and Middle Pleistocene Subseries at the Chiba section, Japan, was ratified …

Hydrological variability over the Apennines during the Early Last Glacial precession minimum, as revealed by a stable isotope record from Sulmona basin, Central …

E Regattieri, B Giaccio, G Zanchetta… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A multi‐proxy record was acquired from a Late Pleistocene lacustrine
succession in the Sulmona basin, central Italy. Previous and new tephrostratigraphic …

Major explosive activity in the Monti Sabatini Volcanic District (central Italy) over the 800–390 ka interval: geochronological–geochemical overview and …

F Marra, G Sottili, M Gaeta, B Giaccio, B Jicha… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
A review of the existing chronological, stratigraphic and chemo-petrologic data of the major
eruptive units from the early phase of activity (800–390 ka) in the Monti Sabatini Volcanic …