@article {2541,
	title = {Climate-related response of dust flux to the central equatorial Pacific over the past 150 kyr},
	journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
	volume = {457},
	year = {2017},
	month = {Jan-01-2017},
	pages = {160 - 172},
	abstract = {High resolution paleoclimate records from low latitudes are critical for understanding the role of the tropics in transmitting and generating feedbacks for high-latitude climate change on glacial{\textendash}interglacial and millennial timescales. Here we present three new records of 230Thxs,0-normalized 232Th-derived dust fluxes from the central equatorial Pacific spanning the last 150 kyr at millennial-resolution. All three dust flux records share the {\textquotedblleft}sawtooth{\textquotedblright} pattern characteristic of glacial{\textendash}interglacial cycles in ice volume, confirming a coherent response to global climate forcing on long timescales. These records permit a detailed examination of millennial variability in tropical dust fluxes related to abrupt perturbations in oceanic and atmospheric circulation. Increases in dust flux in association with at least six of the longest Greenland stadials provide evidence that abrupt, high-latitude climate oscillations influenced the atmospheric aerosol load in the equatorial Pacific, with implications for both direct and indirect effects on the tropical energy balance. Our latitudinal transect of cores captures shifts in the position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in response to variations in the interhemispheric thermal gradient associated with cooling in Greenland and bipolar seesaw warming in Antarctica. These observations demonstrate that changes in the energy and hydrologic balance of the tropics were repeated features of the penultimate deglaciation, last glacial inception and last glacial cycle, and highlight the role of the tropical atmosphere as a dynamic and responsive component of Earth{\textquoteright}s climate system.},
	keywords = {abrupt climate change, dust, equatorial pacific, Intertropical Convergence Zone, stadial events},
	issn = {0012821X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.042},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.042},
	author = {Jacobel, A.W. and McManus, J.F. and Anderson, R.F. and Winckler, G.}
}
@article {2902,
	title = {Two phases of the Holocene East African Humid Period: Inferred from a high-resolution geochemical record off Tanzania},
	journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
	volume = {460},
	year = {2017},
	month = {Jan-02-2017},
	pages = {123 - 134},
	abstract = {During the Holocene, the most notably climatic change across the African continent is the African Humid Period (AHP), however the pace and primary forcing for this pluvial condition is still ambiguous, particularly in East Africa. We present a high-resolution marine sediment record off Tanzania to provide insights into the climatic conditions of inland East Africa during the Holocene. Major element ratios (i.e., log-ratios of Fe/Ca and Ti/Ca), derived from X-Ray Fluorescence scanning, have been employed to document variations in humidity in East Africa. Our results show that the AHP is represented by two humid phases: an intense humid period from the beginning of the Holocene to 8 ka (AHP I); and a moderate humid period spanning from 8 to 5.5 ka (AHP II). On the basis of our geochemical record and regime detection, the termination of the AHP initiated at 5.5 ka and ceased around 3.5 ka. Combined with other paleoclimatic records around East Africa, we suggest that the humid conditions in this region responded to Northern Hemisphere (NH) summer insolation. The AHP I and II might have been related to an eastward shift of the Congo Air Boundary and warmer conditions in the western Indian Ocean, which resulted in additional moisture being delivered from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans during the NH summer and autumn, respectively. We further note a drought event throughout East Africa north of 10{\textdegree}S around 8.2 ka, which may have been related to the southward migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone in response to the NH cooling event.},
	keywords = {African Humid Period, Congo Air Boundary, Holocene, Intertropical Convergence Zone, X-ray fluorescence scanner},
	issn = {0012821X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.epsl.2016.12.016},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012821X16307294},
	author = {Liu, Xiting and Rendle-B{\"u}hring, Rebecca and Kuhlmann, Holger and Li, Anchun}
}
