Holocene climate variability

Mayewski, Paul Andrew; Rohling, Eelco J.; Stager, J. Curt; Karlén, Wibjörn; Maasch, Kirk A.; Meeker, L. David; Meyerson, E. A.; Gasse, Françoise; Kreveld, Shirley van; Holmgren, Karin; Lee‐Thorp, Julia A.; Rosqvist, Gunhild; Rack, Frank R; Staubwasser, Michael; Schneider, Robert; Steig, Eric J.

doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2004.07.001

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“…Interglacial periods of the Late Pleistocene epoch such as the Holocene are marked by minor climate changes when they are compared to glacial periods (Dansgaard et al, 1993;Mayewski et al, 2004). Although less spectacular than glacial climate instabilities, significant long-term Sea Surface Temperature (SST) trends arising from paleotemperature reconstructions clearly mark the Holocene epoch (e.g.…”

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Holocene and Eemian sea surface temperature trends as revealed by alkenone and Mg/Ca paleothermometry

Leduc

Schneider

Kim

et al. 2010

Quaternary Science Reviews

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a b s t r a c tIn this study we review a global set of alkenone-and foraminiferal Mg/Ca-derived sea surface temperatures (SST) records from the Holocene and compare them with a suite of published Eemian SST records based on the same approach. For the Holocene, the alkenone SST records belong to the actualized GHOST database (Kim, J.-H., Schneider R.R., (2004). GHOST global database for alkenone-derived Holocene seasurface temperature records. Available from: http://www.pangaea.de/Projects/GHOST.), while the Mg/ Ca-derived SST database represents a new compilation. The actualized GHOST database not only confirms the SST changes previously described but also documents the Holocene temperature evolution in new oceanic regions such as the Northwestern Atlantic, the eastern equatorial Pacific, and the Southern Ocean. A comparison of Holocene SST records stemming from the two commonly applied paleothermometry methods reveals contrasting -sometimes divergent -SST evolution, particularly at low latitudes where SST records are abundant enough to infer systematic discrepancies at a regional scale. Opposite SST trends at particular locations could be explained by out-of-phase trends in seasonal insolation during the Holocene. This hypothesis assumes that a strong contrast in the ecological responses of coccolithophores and planktonic foraminifera to winter and summer oceanographic conditions is the ultimate reason for seasonal differences in the origin of the temperature signal provided by these organisms. As a simple test for this hypothesis, Eemian SST records are considered because the Holocene and Eemian time periods experienced comparable changes in orbital configurations, but had a higher magnitude in insolation variance during the Eemian. For several regions, SST changes during both interglacials were of a similar sign, but with higher magnitudes during the Eemian as compared to the Holocene. This observation suggests that the ecological mechanism shaping SST trends during the Holocene was comparable during the penultimate interglacial period. Although this ''ecology hypothesis'' fails to explain all of the available results, we argue that any other mechanism would fail to satisfactorily explain the observed SST discrepancies among proxies.

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Holocene and Eemian sea surface temperature trends as revealed by alkenone and Mg/Ca paleothermometry

Leduc

Schneider

Kim

et al. 2010

Quaternary Science Reviews

388

238

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“…Though the timing of Holocene climate change is well established for wide parts of the Northern Hemisphere (Mayewski et al, 2004), suitable palaeoenvironmental records are still scarce in the Russian Siberian Arctic and sub-Arctic, due to such factors as complex periglacial landscape history, low sedimentation rates in sedimentary archives, and logistical challenges for field work in the remote and extreme periglacial environment Schirrmeister et al, 2011).…”

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Holocene climate conditions in central Yakutia (Eastern Siberia) inferred from sediment composition and fossil chironomids of Lake Temje

Nazarova

Lüpfert

Subetto

et al. 2013

Quaternary International

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a b s t r a c tA 380 cm long sediment core from Lake Temje (central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia) was studied to infer Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the extreme periglacial setting of eastern Siberia during the last 10,000 years. Data on sediment composition were used to characterize changes in the depositional environment during the ontogenetic development of the Lake Temje. The analysis of fossil chironomid remains and statistical treatment of chironomid data by the application of a newly developed regional Russian transfer functions provided inferences of mean July air temperatures (T July ) and water depths (WD). Reconstructed WDs show minor changes throughout the core and range between 80 and 120 cm. All the fluctuations in reconstructed water depth lie within the mean error of prediction of the inference model (RMSEP ¼ 0.35) so it is not possible to draw conclusions from the reconstructions. A qualitative and quantitative reconstruction of Holocene climate in central Yakutia recognized three stages of palaeoenvironmental changes. The early Holocene between 10 and 8 ka BP was characterized by colderthan-today and moist summer conditions. Cryotextures in the lake sediments document full freezing of the lake water during the winter time. A general warming trend started around 8.0 ka BP in concert with enhanced biological productivity. Reconstructed mean T July were equal or up to 1.5 C higher than today between 6.0 ka and 5.0 ka BP. During the entire late Holocene after 4.8 ka BP, reconstructed mean T July remained below modern value. Limnological conditions did not change significantly. The inference of a mid-Holocene climate optimum supports scenarios of Holocene climatic changes in the subpolar part of eastern Siberia and indicates climate teleconnections to the North Atlantic realm.

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“…2), representing phases with relatively few 14 C dates. There is a rough coincidence between these reductions in 14 C date frequency and climate shifts recorded in proxies from Greenland (Mayewski et al, 2004;Rasmussen et al, 2007), the North Atlantic (Bond et al, 1997) and Europe (Fig. 3).…”

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Holocene climate change and prehistoric settlement in the lower Danube valley

Macklin

Boroneanț²,

Pickard

et al. 2015

Quaternary International

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An analysis of the summed probability distributions of 293 radiocarbon dates from Late Glacial to mid-Holocene sites in the Danubian Iron Gates highlights the existence of well-marked 14 C discontinuities at c. 9.5-9.0 ka, 8.65-8.0 ka and after 7.8 ka cal BP. These coincide with climate anomalies recorded in Greenland ice cores and palaeoclimate archives from the Danube catchment. Four possible explanations are considered: dwindling fish resources, changes in the social environment, floodinduced settlement relocations, and taphonomic effects. On present evidence, the last two factors are thought to be the most likely cause of the discontinuities observed in the Iron Gates Mesolithic-Early Neolithic radiocarbon record.

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Holocene climate variability

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References 94 publications

Holocene and Eemian sea surface temperature trends as revealed by alkenone and Mg/Ca paleothermometry

Holocene and Eemian sea surface temperature trends as revealed by alkenone and Mg/Ca paleothermometry

Holocene climate conditions in central Yakutia (Eastern Siberia) inferred from sediment composition and fossil chironomids of Lake Temje

Holocene climate change and prehistoric settlement in the lower Danube valley

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