Figure 2: Records of Climate and Environment between 790 and 750,000 Years Ago in 3 Areas (IMAGE)

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Figure 2: Records of Climate and Environment between 790 and 750,000 Years Ago in 3 Areas

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(a) Osaka Bay, (b, c) Chiba section, (d) North Pacific data. (e) shows the ice volume variations predicted from amount of solar radiation. MBB shows the geomagnetic reversal point (Matuyama-Brunhes Boundary). After geomagnetic reversal, in all three areas the same sea-level rise and climate warming event occurs 8 times (A-H). Around events G and H, Osaka Bay and surface water in the North Pacific shows the highest temperature rise.

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