Caspian Sea levels over the last 2200 years, with new data from the S-E corner

Chronology of the Late Pleistocene Caspian Sea hydrologic changes: A review of dates and proposed climate-induced driving mechanisms

“…Program CALIB REV. 8.2 using IntCal20 (Reimer et al, 2020;Stuiver et al, 2021), taking into account the continental reference curves since (i) the Caspian Sea is considered an inland water body (see also Leroy et al, 2022 for the late Holocene), and (ii) the calibration of samples at sea and on land required a common reference. The differences between already published dates and those calibrated in this paper fall into the age uncertainties and are only due to the calibration program used.…”

“…1a). The deglaciation had to cause an important flow of melting water and sediment into the Aral Sea and afterwards to the Caspian Sea, or even directly to the Caspian Sea by way of the Amu Darya, as it is known for the Holocene (Leroy et al, 2007(Leroy et al, , 2020(Leroy et al, , 2022Naderi Beni et al, 2013). It is proposed that the scenario of the synergy of the relatively humid general conditions added to the inputs of meltwater from the glaciers of western High Asia (dashed yellow lines and arrows, Fig.…”