Mid-Holocene Climate in Northern Minnesota
Abstract Study of Holocene ostracodes and diatoms from Elk Lake, in North-Central Minnesota, indicates that the local climate of the mid-Holocene can be subdivided into three intervals. Throughout interval 1 (ca. 7800 to 6700 yr B.P.), climate was colder and much drier than today. During intervals 2...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1016/0033-5894(87)90064-0 2024-06-09T07:46:48+00:00 Mid-Holocene Climate in Northern Minnesota Forester, Richard M. Delorme, L. Denis Bradbury, J. Platt 1987 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(87)90064-0 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589487900640?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589487900640?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400018445 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 28, issue 2, page 263-273 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 1987 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(87)90064-0 2024-05-15T13:03:29Z Abstract Study of Holocene ostracodes and diatoms from Elk Lake, in North-Central Minnesota, indicates that the local climate of the mid-Holocene can be subdivided into three intervals. Throughout interval 1 (ca. 7800 to 6700 yr B.P.), climate was colder and much drier than today. During intervals 2 and 3 (ca. 6700 to 4000 yr B.P.) average mean-annual air temperatures approached the modern mean (3.7°C), but warm summers persisted throughout interval 2, whereas during interval 3 warm summers fell into discrete episodes. Furthermore, average mean-annual precipitation was about 85 and 90% of modern during intervals 2 and 3, respectively. Transition times between the principal intervals were less than 50 yr. The expected effects of a retreating Laurentide Ice Sheet that initially maintained a winter-style circulation, followed by transitional climate states, and finally a near-modern circulation pattern may explain these local climatic events. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Cambridge University Press Quaternary Research 28 2 263 273 |
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Abstract Study of Holocene ostracodes and diatoms from Elk Lake, in North-Central Minnesota, indicates that the local climate of the mid-Holocene can be subdivided into three intervals. Throughout interval 1 (ca. 7800 to 6700 yr B.P.), climate was colder and much drier than today. During intervals 2 and 3 (ca. 6700 to 4000 yr B.P.) average mean-annual air temperatures approached the modern mean (3.7°C), but warm summers persisted throughout interval 2, whereas during interval 3 warm summers fell into discrete episodes. Furthermore, average mean-annual precipitation was about 85 and 90% of modern during intervals 2 and 3, respectively. Transition times between the principal intervals were less than 50 yr. The expected effects of a retreating Laurentide Ice Sheet that initially maintained a winter-style circulation, followed by transitional climate states, and finally a near-modern circulation pattern may explain these local climatic events. |
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Mid-Holocene Climate in Northern Minnesota |
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