Quantitative reconstructions of palaeoclimates during the last interglacial–glacial in western and central Europe: an introduction

Vandenberghe, Jef; Coope, Russell; Kasse, C.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(1998090)13:5<361::aid-jqs404>3.0.co;2-o

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“…This offers the potential to reconstruct spatial patterns in past climate change. The knowledge of both pattern and timing of climate change in the past is a prerequisite in order to understand the causes of changing climate at various timescales (Vandenberghe et al 1998). In this review, we discuss different natural forcing mechanisms that affect climate at the Earth's surface as well as some of the hypotheses that are proposed to explain amplification of the relatively small variability in total solar irradiance to large-scale processes that can influence the climate system.…”

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The effects of changing solar activity on climate: contributions from palaeoclimatological studies

Engels

Geel

2012

J. Space Weather Space Clim.

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Natural climate change currently acts in concert with human-induced changes in the climate system. To disentangle the natural variability in the climate system and the human-induced effects on the global climate, a critical analysis of climate change in the past may offer a better understanding of the processes that drive the global climate system. In this review paper, we present palaeoclimatological evidence for the past influence of solar variability on Earth's climate, highlighting the effects of solar forcing on a range of timescales. On a decadal timescale, instrumental measurements as well as historical records show the effects of the 11-year Schwabe cycle on climate. The variation in total solar irradiance that is associated with a Schwabe cycle is only~1 W m À2 between a solar minimum and a maximum, but winter and spring temperatures on the Northern Hemisphere show a response even to this small-scale variability. There is a large body of evidence from palaeoclimatic reconstructions that shows the influence of solar activity on a centennial to millennial timescale. We highlight a period of low solar activity starting at 2800 years before present when Europe experienced a shift to colder and wetter climate conditions. The spatial pattern of climate change that can be recognized in the palaeoclimatological data is in line with the suggested pattern of climate change as simulated by climate models. Millennial-scale climate oscillations can be recognized in sediment records from the Atlantic Ocean as well as in records of lake-level fluctuations in southeastern France. These oscillations coincide with variation in 14 C production as recognized in the atmospheric 14 C record (which is a proxy-record for solar activity), suggesting that Earth's climate is sensitive to changes in solar activity on a millennial timescale as well.

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The effects of changing solar activity on climate: contributions from palaeoclimatological studies

Engels

Geel

2012

J. Space Weather Space Clim.

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“…The presented stratigraphic diagram is based on palaeobotanical data supported by C-14 dating, as well as on litho-and morphostratigraphic and periglacial data from the Wielkopolska region (western Poland), and follows the most precise subdivision of the Vistulian as currently available for north-western Europe (e.g. Behre 1989;Vandenberghe et al 1998;Guiter et al 2003 Gierliński et al (1998). A preliminary study of fossil bats (Chiroptera) was published by Ochman (2003); a detailed description of fossil birds by Tomek and Bocheński (2005); insectivores by Rzebik-Kowalska (2006); and a taphonomic analysis of the megafauna by Wojtal (2007).…”

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Radiocarbon ages of bones from Vistulian (Weichselian) cave deposits in Poland and their stratigraphy

Lorenc¹

2013

Acta Geologica Polonica

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ABSTRACT:Lorenc, M. 2013. Radiocarbon ages of bones from Vistulian (Weichselian) cave deposits in Poland and their stratigraphy. Acta Geologica Polonica, 63 (3), 399−424. Warszawa.Twenty-six bone samples from cave sediments mainly of Vistulian (Weichselian) age were radiocarbon (AMS) dated. The material comes from seven localities in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland and in Podhale (southern Poland). These are: the Komarowa Cave, the Deszczowa Cave, the Upper Rock Shelter of the Deszczowa Cave, the cave in Dziadowa Skała, the Sąspowska Zachodnia Cave, the Mamutowa Cave and the Obłazowa Cave. The obtained radiocarbon ages of most of the samples differs from their stratigraphy as formerly proposed. The reasons for this discrepancy are discussed. Also examined were the radiocarbon ages of bones from other caves in the study area. Most of the dated bones are shown to have come from relatively short time periods. The existing data on radiocarbon age of bones from Vistulian cave deposits of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland and Podhale are summarized.

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“…These figures are also similar with those reconstructed from Coleopteran data at Grande Pile, estimated to 10-13 °C [41], and temperatures of around 10 °C reconstructed for northwestern Europe [26] and [50].…”

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“…In northwestern Europe, thermal conditions during the St Germain II are still questionable. Up to now, summer temperatures during this interstadial were known to be similar to those prevailing during the St Germain I [50]. Recent pollen data from Central Europe [28] suggest that the summer optimum in St Germain II was about 0.7 to 1.2 °C warmer than the optimum in a more continental St Germain I, whereas chironomids suggest the contrary (Fig.…”

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Past environment and climate changes at the last Interglacial/Glacial transition (Les Échets, France) inferred from subfossil chironomids (Insecta)

Gandouin¹,

Ponel²,

Andrieu‐Ponel³

et al. 2007

Comptes Rendus. Géoscience

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Quantitative reconstructions of palaeoclimates during the last interglacial–glacial in western and central Europe: an introduction

Cited by 61 publications

References 15 publications

The effects of changing solar activity on climate: contributions from palaeoclimatological studies

The effects of changing solar activity on climate: contributions from palaeoclimatological studies

Radiocarbon ages of bones from Vistulian (Weichselian) cave deposits in Poland and their stratigraphy

Past environment and climate changes at the last Interglacial/Glacial transition (Les Échets, France) inferred from subfossil chironomids (Insecta)

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