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Figure F2. Map with two hypothesized modes of Westerly Jet circulation patterns in the northern hemisphere corresponding to stadials and interstadials of Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles. The sense of shifts seems to have been opposite between EastAsia and Mediterranean areas. The Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau should play the role of topographic barrier.

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