• journal_title：Geology
• Contributor：Stephen J. Burns ; Albert Matter ; Norbert Frank ; Augusto Mangini
• Publisher：Geological Society of America
• Date：1998-
• Format：text/html
• Language：en
• Identifier：10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0499:SBPRFN>2.3.CO;2
• journal_abbrev：Geology
• issn：0091-7613
• volume：26
• issue：6
• firstpage：499

U-Th age dating and stable isotope measurements of speleothems from Hoti Cave in northern Oman yield paleoclimate information from the region extending to 125 ka. The results (1) provide further confirmation of an early Holocene wet period in southern Arabia extending from some time prior to 9.7 ka and ending at 6.2 ka; (2) demonstrate a second period of wetness closely coinciding with the last interglacial period, marine isotope stage (MIS) 5e; (3) indicate that during MIS 5e, southern Arabia was considerably wetter than during the early Holocene; and (4) demonstrate that periods of increased monsoon wind strength, based on data from marine sediments, do not always coincide with evidence of greatly increased precipitation even from nearby continental areas.