Temperature gradients in northern Europe during the last glacial–Holocene transition (14-914C kyr BP) interpreted from coleopteran assemblages

Coope, G. Russell; Lemdahl, Geoffrey; Lowe, John J.; Walkling, Adrian P.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(1998090)13:5<419::aid-jqs410>3.0.co;2-d

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“…Thus, as observed by Ammann et al (2000) at Gerzensee, the response of organisms appears less telescoped during less abrupt climatic changes like the GS-1/Preboreal transition. In that case, as suggested by Birks et al (2000) from Lake Krakenes in Norway and by Yu (2000) from Twiss Marl Pond in Canada, the earliness of the chironomid response observed at Lautrey supports the view that, in addition to terrestrial beetles (Coope et al, 1998), aquatic organisms are probably the best recorders of Lateglacial climatic changes.…”

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Environmental and climatic changes in the Jura mountains (eastern France) during the Lateglacial–Holocene transition: a multi-proxy record from Lake Lautrey

Magny

Aalbersberg

Bégeot

et al. 2006

Quaternary Science Reviews

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This paper presents a multi-proxy reconstruction of the climatic and environmental changes during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition as recorded by a sediment sequence from Lake Lautrey (Jura, eastern France). This reconstruction is based on analysis of pollen, chironomid, organic matter, oxygen-isotope, mineralogical, magnetic susceptibility and inferred lake-level data at a high temporal resolution. The chronology is derived using AMS radiocarbon dates, the position of the Laacher See Tephra (LST), and of correlation between the Lautrey and GRIP oxygen-isotope records. This data set reveals a detailed sequence of environmental changes in the Jura mountains from Greenland Stadial 2a to the early Holocene. Biotic and abiotic indicators allow the recognition of major abrupt changes associated with the GS2a/GI-1e, GI-1a/GS-1 and GS-1/Preboreal transitions, and other minor fluctuations related to the cold events GI-1d, GI-1b and the Preboreal oscillation (PBO). They also suggest additional cooling spells at ca 14,550 and 14,350 cal yr BP (Intra-Bølling Cold Periods), at ca 13,500 and ca 12,700 cal yr BP just before the GS-1 onset, and at ca 11,350 cal yr BP just before the PBO, as well as an intriguing brief warming episode within GS-1 at ca 12,080 cal yr BP. Summer temperature increased by ca 5 °C at the start of GI-1e, and by 1.5-3 °C at the Holocene onset, while it decreased by ca 3-4 °C at the beginning of GS-1. Major changes in local hydrology and in seasonality appear to be also associated with the GS-2a/GI1e, GI-1a/GS-1 and GS-1/Preboreal transitions. Pollen and abiotic indicators suggest a greater sensitivity of the vegetation cover to climatic oscillations during the first part of the Lateglacial Interstadial than during the second part (after ca 13,700 cal yr BP), when a closed forest had been restored in this area. By contrast, the restoration of forest cover took less than 300 yr after the end of GS-1. At the beginning of GI-1e and GS-1, no lag occurs (within the sampling resolution of 20-50 yr) in the responses of aquatic (chironomids) and terrestrial (pollen) ecosystems, while, at the onset of the Holocene, the response of the vegetation appears slightly delayed in comparison with that of the chironomid community. Finally, the recognition of two successive tephra layers, which were deposited just before the LST at ca 12,950 cal yr BP and which originated from Le Puy de la Nugère (Massif Central, France), provides an additional tephrochronological tool for correlation between Lateglacial European sequences.

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Section: The Response Of Terrestrial and Aquatic Organisms To Climatimentioning

confidence: 52%

Environmental and climatic changes in the Jura mountains (eastern France) during the Lateglacial–Holocene transition: a multi-proxy record from Lake Lautrey

Magny

Aalbersberg

Bégeot

et al. 2006

Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…Common climatic fields and information-statistical methods have been successfully used to process fossil insect data (Coleoptera and Chironomidae) (Lemdahl 1991(Lemdahl , 1997(Lemdahl , 1998Coope and Lemdahl 1995;Coope et al 1998;Larocque et al 2001;Walker 2001;Velle et al 2005;Luoto 2009a, b;Lemdahl 2009, 2010). Mean temperature estimates for the Lateglacial-Holocene transition were reconstructed based on coleopteran data from a number of sites in southern Sweden, central Poland and southern Finland (Lemdahl 1997;Coope et al 1998;Lemdahl and Coope 2007).…”

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Climate Change During the Holocene (Past 12,000 Years)

Борзенкова

Zorita

Borisova

et al. 2015

Regional Climate Studies

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This chapter summarises the climatic and environmental information that can be inferred from proxy archives over the past 12,000 years. The proxy archives from continental and lake sediments include pollen, insect remnants and isotopic data. Over the Holocene, the Baltic Sea area underwent major changes due to two interrelated factors-melting of the Fennoscandian ice sheet (causing interplay between global sea-level rise due to the meltwater and regional isostatic rebound of the earth's crust causing a drop in relative sea level) and changes in the orbital configuration of the Earth (triggering the glacial to interglacial transition and affecting incoming solar radiation and so controlling the regional energy balance). The Holocene climate history showed three stages of natural climate oscillations in the Baltic Sea region: short-term cold episodes related to deglaciation during a stable positive temperature trend (11,000-8000 cal year BP); a warm and stable climate with air temperature 1.0-3.5°C above modern levels (8000-4500 cal year BP), a decreasing temperature trend; and increased climatic instability (last 5000-4500 years). The climatic variation during the Lateglacial and Holocene is reflected in the changing lake levels and vegetation, and in the formation of a complex hydrographical network that set the stage for the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age of the past millennium.

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“…Some, if not all, of the major climate responses were time-transgressive (i.e. spatio-temporal phenomena that require far more subtle modelling) in nature (Coope et al, 1998), while it appears that some parts of the North Atlantic region may have been experiencing climatic warming at the same time as other parts were undergoing cooling (Lowe, 2001). Thirdly, little is known about key climate variables during Lateglacial times, so that interpretations are currently extremely general.…”

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The chronology of abrupt climate change and Late Upper Palaeolithic human adaptation in Europe

Blockley

Donahue

et al. 2006

J Quaternary Science

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This paper addresses the possible connections between the onset of human expansion in Europe following the Last Glacial Maximum, and the timing of abrupt climate warming at the onset of the Lateglacial (Bö lling/Allerød) Interstadial. There are opposing views as to whether or not human populations and activities were directly 'forced' by climate change, based on different comparisons between archaeological and environmental data. We review the geochronological assumptions and approaches on which data comparisons have been attempted in the past, and argue that the uncertainties presently associated with age models based on calibrated radiocarbon dates preclude robust testing of the competing models, particularly when comparing the data to non-radiocarbonbased timescales such as the Greenland ice core records. The paper concludes with some suggestions as to the steps that will be necessary if more robust tests of the models are to be developed in the future.

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Temperature gradients in northern Europe during the last glacial–Holocene transition (14-914C kyr BP) interpreted from coleopteran assemblages

Cited by 221 publications

References 36 publications

Environmental and climatic changes in the Jura mountains (eastern France) during the Lateglacial–Holocene transition: a multi-proxy record from Lake Lautrey

Environmental and climatic changes in the Jura mountains (eastern France) during the Lateglacial–Holocene transition: a multi-proxy record from Lake Lautrey

Climate Change During the Holocene (Past 12,000 Years)

The chronology of abrupt climate change and Late Upper Palaeolithic human adaptation in Europe

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