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Table 4 Temperature and precipitation conditions during the Last Glacial

From: The response of the hydrological cycle to temperature changes in recent and distant climatic history

Study site

Hemisphere

Zone

Event

Period

T

P

Citation(s)

Global

NH/SH

0

Heinrich

18–16.5

0

Dry

Gates (1976)

Kwiecien et al. (2009)

Sun et al. (2019)

N. Hemisphere

NH

0

D–O

80–12

Warm

0

Martrat et al. (2004)

Tropics

NH/SH

0

Heinrich

70–14

0

Dry

Leuschner and Sirocko (2000)

Eurasia

NH

M-L

Heinrich

70–14

Cold

Dry

Genty et al. (2003)

Benson et al. (1996)

Asmerom et al. (2010)

Asia

NH

M-L

D–O

80–12

0

Wet

Dung et al. (2020)

Cheng et al. (2016)

Kathayat et al. (2016)

Asia

NH

M-L

D–O

50–40

0

Wet

Wang et al. (2001)

N. America

NH

M-L

Heinrich

70–14

Cold

Dry

Genty et al. (2003)

Benson et al. (1996)

Asmerom et al. (2010)

S. America

SH

L-L

D–O

50–40

0

Wet

Peterson et al. (2000)

Antarctica

SH

H-L

Heinrich

70–14

Cold

Dry

Thompson (1991)

Tropical S. America

SH

M-L

Heinrich

15 and 22

0

Wet

Wang et al. (2004)

SW. Asia

NH

M-L

D–O

50–40

0

Wet

Anderson and Prell (1993)

W. Europe

NH

M-L

D–O

80–12

Warm

Wet

Genty et al. (2003)

N. Europe

NH

M-L

Heinrich

43–26

Cold

Dry

Mangerud et al. (2003)

Grimm et al. (2006)

Mediterranean

NH

M-L

Heinrich

70–14

Cold

0

Rohling et al. (1998)

India

NH

M-L

Heinrich

70–14

Cold

Dry

Colin et al. (1998) Wang et al. (2001)

Central China

NH

M-L

Heinrich

70–14

Cold

Dry

Thompson (1991)

Iberian Peninsula

NH

M-L

D–O

80–12

0

Wet

Nebout et al. (2002)

Budsky et al. (2019)

Greenland

NH

H-L

D–O

80–12

Warm

0

Johnsen et al. (1989) Lang et al. (1999)

Budsky et al. (2019)

Italy

NH

M-L

D–O

80–12

0

Wet

Alley and Clark (1999)

Israel

NH

M-L

D–O

80–12

0

Wet

Bar-Matthews et al. (2000)

NE. Brazil

SH

L-L

Heinrich

40–15

0

Wet

Smith and Rodbell (2010)

SW. US

NH

M-L

Heinrich

70–14

0

Dry

Wagner et al. (2010)

W. US

NH

M-L

Heinrich

40–30

0

Wet

Benson et al. (1996)

Gale (1914)

Oster et al. (2014)

W. US

NH

M-L

Heinrich

28.5–26.5

0

Wet

Benson et al. (1996)

Gale (1914)

Oster et al. (2014)

Florida, US

NH

M-L

Heinrich

70–14

Warm

Wet

Grimm et al. (2006)

Great Basin (Nevada, US)

NH

M-L

D–O

80–12

0

Wet

Benson et al. (1998)

  1. NH Northern Hemisphere, SH Southern Hemisphere, H-L High-latitudes, M-L Mid-latitudes, L-L Low-latitudes. Period units are in ka BP and average age uncertainty for this period is ± 10 ka