The early Holocene sea level rise

Smith, David E.; Harrison, Stephan; Firth, Callum R.; Jordan, Jason

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.04.019

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“…Hijma et al, 2012;Cohen et al, 2012), in very similar ways as it is affecting the latest Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology of the current interglacial (e.g. Lambeck, 1995;Smith et al, 2011;Sturt et al, 2013), as well as younger coastal plain as well as even younger coastal-plain accumulation and archaeology (Kiden et al, 2002;Cohen, 2005;Gouw & Erkens, 2007;Hijma & Cohen, 2011).…”

Section: Netherlands Journal Of Geosciences --Geologie En Mijnbouwmentioning

confidence: 97%

North Sea palaeogeographical reconstructions for the last 1 Ma

Cohen

Gibbard

Weerts

2014

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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The landscape evolution of the southern North Sea basin is complex and has left a geographically varying record of marine, lacustrine, fluvial and glacial sedimentation and erosion. Quaternary climatic history, which importantly included glaciation, combined with tectonics gave rise to cyclic and non-cyclic changes of sedimentation and erosion patterns. Large-scale landscape reorganisations left strong imprints in the preserved record, and are important for the detail that palaeogeographical reconstructions for the North Sea area can achieve. In the spirit of the North Sea Prehistory Sea. It summarises current stratigraphical and chronological frameworks and provides an overview of sedimentary environments. As we go back in time, the understanding of Quaternary palaeo-environmental evolution in the North Sea basin during the last 1 million years becomes decreasingly accurate, with degree of preservation and accuracy of age control equally important controls. Comparing palaeogeographical reconstructions for the Middle Pleistocene, the last interglacial-glacial cycle and the period following the Last Glacial Maximum illustrates this. More importantly, a series of palaeogeographical maps provide an account of basin-scale landscape change, which provides an overall framework for comparing landscape situations through time.

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Section: Netherlands Journal Of Geosciences --Geologie En Mijnbouwmentioning

confidence: 97%

North Sea palaeogeographical reconstructions for the last 1 Ma

Cohen

Gibbard

Weerts

2014

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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“…60 m during the early Holocene until 7 ka when the Holocene sea level highstand was reached (e.g. Smith et al, 2011 for a review).…”

Section: A Govin Et Al: Early Last Interglacial Climate and Ice Shementioning

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Persistent influence of ice sheet melting on high northern latitude climate during the early Last Interglacial

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Abstract. Although the Last Interglacial (LIG) is often considered as a possible analogue for future climate in high latitudes, its precise climate evolution and associated causes remain uncertain. Here we compile high-resolution marine sediment records from the North Atlantic, Labrador Sea, Norwegian Sea and the Southern Ocean. We document a delay in the establishment of peak interglacial conditions in the North Atlantic, Labrador and Norwegian Seas as compared to the Southern Ocean. In particular, we observe a persistent iceberg melting at high northern latitudes at the beginning of the LIG. It is associated with (1) colder and fresher surfacewater conditions in the North Atlantic, Labrador and Norwegian Seas, and (2) a weaker ventilation of North Atlantic deep waters during the early LIG (129-125 ka) compared to the late LIG. Results from an ocean-atmosphere coupled model with insolation as a sole forcing for three key periods of the LIG show warmer North Atlantic surface waters and stronger Atlantic overturning during the early LIG (126 ka) than the late LIG (122 ka). Hence, insolation variations alone do not explain the delay in peak interglacial conditions observed at high northern latitudes. Additionally, we consider an idealized meltwater scenario at 126 ka where the freshwater input is interactively computed in response to the high boreal summer insolation. The model simulates colder, fresher North Atlantic surface waters and weaker Atlantic overturning during the early LIG (126 ka) compared to the late LIG (122 ka). This result suggests that both insolation and ice sheet melting have to be considered to reproduce the climatic pattern that we identify during the early LIG. Our modeldata comparison also reveals a number of limitations and reinforces the need for further detailed investigations using coupled climate-ice sheet models and transient simulations.

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“…All samples from the youngest site (BPC), the upper layers of TAW, and the latest sample from CMJ, together with all modern samples, form a single, albeit unresolved, clade. We interpret the BPC samples as representative of a Late Glacial colonization from the east, rather than a distinct population, because of the clustering of these samples with modern Siberian samples and the periodic land connection that linked the United Kingdom to Europe until ∼7,500 cal BP (14). Samples from consecutively deeper layers, across sites with the longest records (TAW and CMJ), continue to demonstrate a significant association between mitochondrial DNA clade and stratigraphic position, forming each of the successive genetic lineages detected in the phylogenetic analyses (Fig.…”

Section: Population History Of Late Pleistocene Collared Lemmingsmentioning

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Serial population extinctions in a small mammal indicate Late Pleistocene ecosystem instability

Brace¹,

Palkopoulou

Dalén

et al. 2012

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The Late Pleistocene global extinction of many terrestrial mammal species has been a subject of intensive scientific study for over a century, yet the relative contributions of environmental changes and the global expansion of humans remain unresolved. A defining component of these extinctions is a bias toward large species, with the majority of small-mammal taxa apparently surviving into the present. Here, we investigate the population-level history of a key tundra-specialist small mammal, the collared lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus), to explore whether events during the Late Pleistocene had a discernible effect beyond the large mammal fauna. Using ancient DNA techniques to sample across three sites in North-West Europe, we observe a dramatic reduction in genetic diversity in this species over the last 50,000 y. We further identify a series of extinction-recolonization events, indicating a previously unrecognized instability in Late Pleistocene small-mammal populations, which we link with climatic fluctuations. Our results reveal climateassociated, repeated regional extinctions in a keystone prey species across the Late Pleistocene, a pattern likely to have had an impact on the wider steppe-tundra community, and one that is concordant with environmental change as a major force in structuring Late Pleistocene biodiversity. megafauna | palaeogenetics | palaeoclimate | modelling

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The early Holocene sea level rise

Cited by 222 publications

References 147 publications

North Sea palaeogeographical reconstructions for the last 1 Ma

North Sea palaeogeographical reconstructions for the last 1 Ma

Persistent influence of ice sheet melting on high northern latitude climate during the early Last Interglacial

Serial population extinctions in a small mammal indicate Late Pleistocene ecosystem instability

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