Problems of the Duration of the Eemian Interglacial in Europe North of the Alps
Abstract Suggestions that the duration of the Eemian interglacial was about 11,000 yr, based on annually laminated sediment sequences in Germany, have been challenged in favor of a much longer interval. However, biostratigraphic evidence demonstrates why the Eemian sequences at Grande Pile and Ribai...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1006/qres.2002.2366 2024-06-09T07:50:02+00:00 Problems of the Duration of the Eemian Interglacial in Europe North of the Alps Turner, Charles 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.2002.2366 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589402923665?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589402923665?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400011121 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 58, issue 1, page 45-48 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 2002 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.2002.2366 2024-05-15T13:03:39Z Abstract Suggestions that the duration of the Eemian interglacial was about 11,000 yr, based on annually laminated sediment sequences in Germany, have been challenged in favor of a much longer interval. However, biostratigraphic evidence demonstrates why the Eemian sequences at Grande Pile and Ribains cannot be reliably used for alignment with the marine sequence, as applied by Kukla et al. (2002, this issue) to estimate the duration of this interglacial. The long chronology they propose would imply not just coniferous but, for up to 5000 yr, fully temperate forest in central France coexisting with treeless heath and steppe tundra conditions in northwestern Europe, an unlikely climatic and ecological scenario. The proposal that the Eemian Interglacial in western Europe lasted for 17,000 or even 23,000 yr is rejected. A duration of no more than 13,000 yr is preferred, at least for sites north of the Alps and Pyrenees. The duration of temperate conditions in the Mediterranean region is less certain. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Cambridge University Press Quaternary Research 58 1 45 48 |
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Abstract Suggestions that the duration of the Eemian interglacial was about 11,000 yr, based on annually laminated sediment sequences in Germany, have been challenged in favor of a much longer interval. However, biostratigraphic evidence demonstrates why the Eemian sequences at Grande Pile and Ribains cannot be reliably used for alignment with the marine sequence, as applied by Kukla et al. (2002, this issue) to estimate the duration of this interglacial. The long chronology they propose would imply not just coniferous but, for up to 5000 yr, fully temperate forest in central France coexisting with treeless heath and steppe tundra conditions in northwestern Europe, an unlikely climatic and ecological scenario. The proposal that the Eemian Interglacial in western Europe lasted for 17,000 or even 23,000 yr is rejected. A duration of no more than 13,000 yr is preferred, at least for sites north of the Alps and Pyrenees. The duration of temperate conditions in the Mediterranean region is less certain. |
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