Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England: new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire
While there is extensive evidence for the Late Devensian, less is known about Early and Middle Devensian (approx. 110–30 ka) climates and environments in the UK. The Greenland ice-core record suggests the UK should have endured multiple changes, but the terrestrial palaeo-record lacks sufficient det...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsos.190577 2024-09-15T18:09:07+00:00 Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England: new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire Buckland, Philip I. Bateman, Mark D. Bennike, Ole Buckland, Paul C. Chase, Brian M. Frederick, Charles Greenwood, Malcolm Murton, Julian Murton, Della Panagiotakopulu, Eva Umeå Universitet 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190577 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190577 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsos.190577 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Royal Society Open Science volume 6, issue 7, page 190577 ISSN 2054-5703 journal-article 2019 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190577 2024-07-22T04:27:27Z While there is extensive evidence for the Late Devensian, less is known about Early and Middle Devensian (approx. 110–30 ka) climates and environments in the UK. The Greenland ice-core record suggests the UK should have endured multiple changes, but the terrestrial palaeo-record lacks sufficient detail for confirmation from sites in the British Isles. Data from deposits at Finningley, South Yorkshire, can help redress this. A channel with organic silts, dated 40 314–39 552 cal a BP, contained plant macrofossil and insect remains showing tundra with dwarf-shrub heath and bare ground. Soil moisture conditions varied from free draining to riparian, with ponds and wetter vegetated areas. The climate was probably low arctic with snow cover during the winter. Mutual climatic range (MCR), based on Coleoptera, shows the mean monthly winter temperatures of −22 to −2°C and summer ones of 8–14°C. Periglacial structures within the basal gravel deposits and beyond the glacial limits indicate cold-climate conditions, including permafrost. A compilation of MCR reconstructions for other Middle Devensian English sites shows that marine isotope stage 3—between 59 and 28 ka—experienced substantial variation in climate consistent with the Greenland ice-core record. The exact correlation is hampered by temporal resolution, but the Finningley site stadial at approximately 40 ka may correlate with the one of the Greenland stadials 7–11. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Greenland ice core Ice ice core permafrost Tundra The Royal Society Royal Society Open Science 6 7 190577 |
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While there is extensive evidence for the Late Devensian, less is known about Early and Middle Devensian (approx. 110–30 ka) climates and environments in the UK. The Greenland ice-core record suggests the UK should have endured multiple changes, but the terrestrial palaeo-record lacks sufficient detail for confirmation from sites in the British Isles. Data from deposits at Finningley, South Yorkshire, can help redress this. A channel with organic silts, dated 40 314–39 552 cal a BP, contained plant macrofossil and insect remains showing tundra with dwarf-shrub heath and bare ground. Soil moisture conditions varied from free draining to riparian, with ponds and wetter vegetated areas. The climate was probably low arctic with snow cover during the winter. Mutual climatic range (MCR), based on Coleoptera, shows the mean monthly winter temperatures of −22 to −2°C and summer ones of 8–14°C. Periglacial structures within the basal gravel deposits and beyond the glacial limits indicate cold-climate conditions, including permafrost. A compilation of MCR reconstructions for other Middle Devensian English sites shows that marine isotope stage 3—between 59 and 28 ka—experienced substantial variation in climate consistent with the Greenland ice-core record. The exact correlation is hampered by temporal resolution, but the Finningley site stadial at approximately 40 ka may correlate with the one of the Greenland stadials 7–11. |
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Buckland, Philip I. Bateman, Mark D. Bennike, Ole Buckland, Paul C. Chase, Brian M. Frederick, Charles Greenwood, Malcolm Murton, Julian Murton, Della Panagiotakopulu, Eva Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England: new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England: new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England: new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England: new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England: new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England: new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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