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Anton Vaks
Researcher at University of Oxford
Publications - 29
Citations - 1499
Anton Vaks is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Speleothem & Glacial period. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 29 publications receiving 1332 citations. Previous affiliations of Anton Vaks include Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Paleoclimate and location of the border between Mediterranean climate region and the Saharo–Arabian Desert as revealed by speleothems from the northern Negev Desert, Israel
Anton Vaks,Miryam Bar-Matthews,Avner Ayalon,Alan Matthews,Amos Frumkin,Uri Dayan,Ludwik Halicz,Ahuva Almogi-Labin,Bettina Schilman +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, major periods of speleothem deposition (representing humid periods) were determined by high resolution 230 Th-U dating and corresponding studies of stableisotopecomposition were used to identify the source ofrainfallduringhumidperiodsandthevegetation type.
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Constraints on hydrological and paleotemperature variations in the Eastern Mediterranean region in the last 140ka given by the δD values of speleothem fluid inclusions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that δ D analyses of fluid inclusions from speleothems in three caves in the Eastern Mediterranean region (Israel) provide a basis for understanding hydrological and temperature variations in the last 140-ka.
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Paleoclimate reconstruction based on the timing of speleothem growth and oxygen and carbon isotope composition in a cave located in the rain shadow in Israel
Anton Vaks,Miryam Bar-Matthews,Avner Ayalon,Bettina Schilman,Mabs Gilmour,Chris J. Hawkesworth,Amos Frumkin,Aaron Kaufman,Alan Matthews +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of the present-day rain and cave water isotopic compositions and amounts at the Ma'ale Efrayim Cave site with those on the western flank shows that evaporation and higher temperatures on the eastern flank are major influences on isotopic composition.
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Desert speleothems reveal climatic window for African exodus of early modern humans
TL;DR: Using high-precision multicollector- inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) methods, this article showed that a major cluster of wet episodes (the last recorded in the area) occurred between 140 and 110 ka.
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Middle-Late Quaternary paleoclimate of northern margins of the Saharan-Arabian Desert: reconstruction from speleothems of Negev Desert, Israel
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used speleothems in arid and hyper-arid areas of Negev Desert, Israel, are used in paleoclimate reconstruction of northern margins of Saharan-Arabian Desert, focused on the following objectives: 1) precise U-Th dating of the timing of speleothem growth as an indicator of periods of humid climate, i.e. positive effective precipitation; 2) the origin of rainfall using the speleotieme δ18O and changes in spatial pattern of speelleothem deposition, and 3)