2 International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Sholeh str., 8th Kohestan, Pasdaran, Tehran, ... by oxygen isotope record derived from speleothems at Pequiin and Soreq caves in Israel (BarMatthiews et al. 2003) and from speleothems at Hoti Cave in Northern Oman (Fleitmann et al. 2003). The first site was undergoing the influence of the Mediterranean .