Fig. 3. (A) Soreq and Peqiin cave
δ18Oca. (B) Holocene (H5, H12 and Q5)
and MIS 5e (Y99) stalagmite δ18Ocarecords from Qunf Cave (green) (Fleitmann et al., 2003a), Hoti Cave
(red) (Fleitmann et al., 2004, 2007) and Mukalla Cave (blue). (C) Sanbao
Cave (China) composite stalagmite
δ18Oca (Cheng et al., 2009, 2016). (D)
Reconstructed Bab-al-Mandab width using bathymetry data (GEBCO) and (E)
the Relative sea-level (RSL) curve Probability-Maximum (blue), 95%
confidence intervals (red) (Grant et al., 2012, 2014). (F) Rate of
sea-level change predicted from RSL (Grant et al., 2012, 2014). (G) July
insolation (W m2) at 15oN (Berger and
Loutre, 1991, 1999). (H) Global ice-volume (LR04
δ18Obenthic) and Marine Isotope Stages
(Lisiecki and Raymo, 2005). Green bars denote duration of SAHP 1 and 4,
yellow bars denote timing of Heinrich Stadial 1 and 11 and the blue bar
denotes the timing of the Younger Dryas event.