This is the first study to detect changes in divide migration rates over timescales of 10⁴–10⁵ years—a scale that enables us to link divide migration to past climate shifts, rather than solely to tectonic forces.
This is the first study to detect changes in divide migration rates over timescales of 10⁴–10⁵ years—a scale that enables us to link divide migration to past climate shifts, rather than solely to tectonic forces.
We traced the paleo locations of a drainage divide in the Negev Desert, Israel, by dating alluvial terraces. We found that divide migration occurs in intermittent phases, which correlate with several paleoclimate proxies, linking migration to past climate shifts.
We traced the paleo locations of a drainage divide in the Negev Desert, Israel, by dating alluvial terraces. We found that divide migration occurs in intermittent phases, which correlate with several paleoclimate proxies, linking migration to past climate shifts.