CLIMATIC CHANGES IN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE NORTH-ATLANTIC DURING THE LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION (14-9 KA BP) - A CONTRIBUTION TO IGCP-253

被引:139
作者
LOWE, JJ
AMMANN, B
BIRKS, HH
BJORCK, S
COOPE, GR
CWYNAR, L
DEBEAULIEU, JL
MOTT, RJ
PETEET, DM
WALKER, MJC
机构
[1] Centre for Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, University of London, Egham, Surrey
[2] University of Bern, Systematisch-Geobotanisches Institut, Bern, CH-3013
[3] Botanical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5007
[4] Department of Quaternary Geology, University of Lund, Lund, S-223 63
[5] Centre for Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, University of London, Egham, Surrey
[6] Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
[7] Laboratiore de Botanique Historique et Palynologie, Faculté des Sciences Téchniques St Jérome, Marseille, 13397, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen
[8] Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, K1A 0E8
[9] NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies, New York, New York, 10025
[10] Department of Geography, St David's University College, University of Wales, Lampeter, Dyfed
关键词
PALEOTEMPERATURE CURVES; PALEOCLIMATIC MAPS; NORTH ATLANTIC POLAR FRONT; YOUNGER DRYAS; LATE-GLACIAL;
D O I
10.1002/jqs.3390090215
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
This paper presents a summary of the evidence for climatic changes during the last glacial-interglacial transition (14-9 ka BP) in land areas adjacent to the North Atlantic. It is a synthesis of the results of the 1 2 regional summaries compiled by contributors to the North Atlantic Seaboard Programme of IGCP-253 that are published separately in this issue of Journal of Quaternary Science. Eighteen palaeotemperature curves are compared and arranged in three transects, one from southern Europe to Spitsbergen, a second from Ireland to Poland, and the third from southern New England to the Labrador-Baffin Shelf area. Ten maps are presented that summarise the synoptic climatic conditions of the region in 500-year time periods. The purpose of the exercise is to examine the extent to which any emerging patterns support the Ruddiman and McIntyre model of large-scale shifts in the position of the oceanic Polar Front during the last glacial-interglacial transition. Some broad agreement emerges, although the influence of oceanic changes is diminished in areas that lay in close proximity to the Laurentide and Fennoscandian ice sheets. Attention is drawn to limitations in the compilations and to the potential for improved models in the future.
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