Fig. 4: Bleßberg speleothem growth phases in comparison to other climate records.
From: Central European warm phases recorded by episodic speleothem growth during MIS 3
a AABW reconstruction based on a Pa/Th record from core CDH19 from the Bermuda Rise (dark turquoise line)15. b Red Sea sea level reconstruction (dark blue line)51. c North Atlantic sea ice cover reconstruction based on PbIP25 (brassicasterol C25 isoprenoid lipid) from the SE Norwegian Sea (light turquoise line with triangles)53. d Summer alkenone-based SST (Uk’37) from core MD01-2444 at the Iberian Margin (37°N, black line)52. e, f and g Vegetation reconstructions based on pollen data from Poacaea (green), Picea (dark green) and Carpinus (yellow-green) from different Eifel Maar cores (AU3, AU4, HM4)55. h Ice rafted debris (IRD) record from core MD01-2040 at the Iberian Margin (40°N, light orange)54 i Combined relative frequency of growth of all three Bleßberg flowstone samples (red, Table S4). GI (grey) and Heinrich (blue) events are indicated by the coloured bars.
