Abrupt Early to Mid-Holocene Climatic Transition Registered at the Equator and the Poles

Paleoclimatic records from equatorial East Africa, Antarctica, and Greenland reveal that atmospheric circulation changed abruptly at the early to mid-Holocene transition to full postglacial conditions. A climatic reorganization occurred at all three sites between 8200 and 7800 years ago that lasted...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Stager, J. C., Mayewski, P. A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1997
Subjects:
Greenland
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.276.5320.1834
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.276.5320.1834
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Summary:Paleoclimatic records from equatorial East Africa, Antarctica, and Greenland reveal that atmospheric circulation changed abruptly at the early to mid-Holocene transition to full postglacial conditions. A climatic reorganization occurred at all three sites between 8200 and 7800 years ago that lasted 200 years or less and appears to have been related to abrupt transitions in both marine and terrestrial records around the world.

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