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Milankovitch forcing of fluctuations in the level of tropical lakes from 18 to 0 kyr BP

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An atmospheric general-circulation model has been used to simulate the climates of January and July at 3,000-yr intervals. From 15 kyr BP onwards, the model simulates a strengthened monsoon circulation and increased precipitation in the Northern Hemisphere tropics, culminating at 9–6 kyr BP. The computed hydrological budgets were used to estimate the area of closed lakes between 8.9 and 26.6° N, giving, with minor exceptions, results in good agreement with geological evidence.

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  2. Tropical Palaeoenvironments Research Group, School of Geography, Mansfield Rd, Oxford, OX1 3TB, UK

    F. Alayne Street-Perrott

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Kutzbach, J., Street-Perrott, F. Milankovitch forcing of fluctuations in the level of tropical lakes from 18 to 0 kyr BP. Nature 317, 130–134 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/317130a0

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